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Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Feb 19, 2011 07:08 AM UTC:
Now that the -marigold and -pollinator suffixes have gone, the next convention I'm looking to 'prune' is the Amb- prefix. It caters for alternating moves with a SOLL ratio of exactly 2, but other alternations need ad hoc creations. See the following pieces combining orthogonal and diagonal moves:
orthogonal movesdiagonal movesCrooked alternatorCurved alternator
WazirFerzRhinoAmbfinch
DabbabaFerzAlpacaAmbapostle
WazirElephantQuaggaYaffle
TrebuchetFerzOkapi-
DabbabaElephantCashcowAmbbadbaba
WazirTripperSpringbok-
CobblerFerzQualpaca-
TrebuchetElephantTragopan-
DabbabaTripperOkalpaca-
CobblerElephantCatbirdAmbflail
DabbabaCommuterZeshcow-
Given that Leaping Bat Chess already uses one of the Curved pieces under the name of its Crooked counterpart I am inclined to drop the Amb- terminology and simply call 45° Curved pieces 'Curved Rhino', 'Curved Alpaca', et cetera. The Crooked-piece names are more memorable anyway - in reference to connections with the Knight, Camel, Zebra, Giraffe, Charolais, Antelope, Zemel, Satyr, Gimel, Crane, and Zherolais. Likewise for oblique 45° Curved pieces the names Ambrose, Ambmacel, Ambbezra, Ambrigaffe, et cetera would give way to Curved ...potamus, even though I don't have names even for Crooked alternators of other pairs of oblique leaps at 45°, such as Knight and Crane leaps.

This would not affect pieces alternating directions of the same simple piece. Firstly the Rose is well established and its name highly suits a Chess piece, and I have in turn embedded my Finch and Rabbi in Jewish-themed variants. Secondly they are genuinely more distinct from their nearest Crooked counterparts - at least in the case of the square-board Curved riders, which also alternate different angles.


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