withdrawer
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One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts.
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An Immobilizer can never be captured by a king or Withdrawer unless the variation popular in Cambridge is being played, in which case the Immobilizer itself must first be immobilized.
Capturing the Withdrawer with c4-d3 would result in stalemate, as black would then have no legal moves.
It might instead have captured the black Withdrawer with either d2-g5 or d2-h6.
Note that White could not play c4-d4, as that would place his own king in check from the black withdrawer.
The black withdrawer on e5 is not captured because pawns capture only vertically and horizontally, not diagonally.