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The Pawn's Gambit - VERSION 2

• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Squares are Even numbers, Circles are Odd numbers

This game is more chess than Sudoku:
• Kings are 1, Rooks are 2, Bishops are 3, Knights are 4
• No two Kings can be a “Kings Move” apart
• No King can be a “Knight’s Move” from any Knight
• No King can be on the same diagonal as a Bishop, unless a Knight, Rook, or Pawn is blocking the path
• No King can be in the same row or column as a Rook unless a Knight, Bishop, or Pawn is blocking the path
• Pawns moving down the board are 5. No King can be on a diagonal in the row below a downward moving pawn
• Pawns moving up the board are 6. No King can be on a diagonal in the row above an upward moving pawn

Basically, no King can be "in check"

I published "Version 1" using thermos to disambiguate the final 7/8/9 digits, but they were interfering with some of the more difficult "chess" elements I had designed into the solution path. This revision fixes the issues and is significantly harder! (the puzzle itself is the same, no changes to any of the digits)

Please let me know how you like it!

Solve Online here:
The Pawn's Gambit Sudoku (F-Puzzles)
The Pawn's Gambit Sudoku (Sudokulab)


Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")