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Betza Notation. A primer on the leading shorthand for describing variant piece moves.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Wed, Feb 12, 2020 01:56 PM UTC:

does anyone know why mFyafsmFpafscB1yafscpF also gives the rook squares as capture squares?


Nachtmahr. Game with seven different kinds of Nightriders. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Tue, Feb 11, 2020 11:45 PM UTC:

wouldn't a 8th nightrider be possible which goes left-right for both vertical and horizontal moves?


Bishop-Nightrider compound. Piece that moves like bishop or nightrider.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
📝KelvinFox wrote on Mon, Feb 10, 2020 01:45 PM UTC:

I've asked Mayhematics on twitter about the banshee piece

Edit: I've got an answer, he thinks the name was his (George Jelliss) idea

Nao. Moves like nightrider, but must jump when taking.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
📝KelvinFox wrote on Sat, Feb 8, 2020 12:30 AM UTC:

Thanks, source for this piece BTW is  All The King's men and Julia's Fairies and on this page http://www.jurajlorinc.com/chess/mycompo.htm

Added the diagram, will fix error with dot tomorrow

📝KelvinFox wrote on Fri, Feb 7, 2020 10:46 PM UTC:

I'll make this page larger tomorrow. Could someone change the index description to 'Moves like nightrider, but must jump when taking'?


Archbishop. Moves as bishop but can make reflection at side of board.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Fri, Feb 7, 2020 08:22 PM UTC:

Here a piece I'm calling the Spinning RC Car that moves like a crooked Bishop after the bounce


Pao. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Thu, Feb 6, 2020 08:29 PM UTC:

I've researched and I've found Nao multiple times in the Variant Chess magazine


Bishop-Nightrider compound. Piece that moves like bishop or nightrider.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
📝KelvinFox wrote on Thu, Feb 6, 2020 08:13 PM UTC:

The name seems to be a invention by George Jelliss


📝KelvinFox wrote on Thu, Feb 6, 2020 06:12 PM UTC:

All The Kings men mentioned Banshee. I now also discovered Jörg Knappen used it his CwdA army Fearful Fairies under that name


📝KelvinFox wrote on Thu, Feb 6, 2020 09:04 AM UTC:

Does anyone know who first 'invented' this piece?


Archbishop. Moves as bishop but can make reflection at side of board.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Wed, Feb 5, 2020 10:31 PM UTC:

I was thinking about a piece that moves like gryphon after bouncing


Raven. Can move as a Rook or a Nightrider.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Mon, Feb 3, 2020 10:50 PM UTC:

How do I make a new piece submission?


KelvinFox wrote on Mon, Feb 3, 2020 01:11 PM UTC:

I am going to write a page soon about the Bishop version of this piece, which is featured in Caïssa Britannia.


Boyscout. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Sun, Feb 2, 2020 05:55 PM UTC:

How about Crooked Rook?


KelvinFox wrote on Sat, Feb 1, 2020 07:27 PM UTC:

I've had a idea lately with a vertical only version of this piece


Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Mon, Jul 15, 2019 08:23 PM UTC:

The description for the knight is incorrect. It should read that the knight moves tw squares in one rook wise direction and 1 in another. The piece's current description, while making the same piece as the first one on 2d boards, gives a different piece on 3d boards


Rhino. A set of pieces which combine the movements of the Mao with that of the Wazir.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Wed, Jul 10, 2019 08:23 AM UTC:

@Aurelian Florea 

This is a Rhino where all Wazir movements are crooked compared to the previous one


KelvinFox wrote on Tue, Jul 9, 2019 02:51 PM UTC:

A crooked wazir rhinoA weird piece idea where all wazir movements are crooked


Hunterbeest. Large variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of similar set of oblique pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Sun, Jul 7, 2019 02:00 PM UTC:

This looks like a somewhat playable variant, only the weird board size is killing it

Also, the movement diagrams are broken

Wa Shogi. Game with many different rather weak pieces, with or without drops. (11x11, Cells: 121) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Sat, Jul 6, 2019 11:17 PM UTC:

One of the weird things about this game is the fact that you can only have 2 Heavenly Horses at max, even though you need 4 to cover the whole board, probably there is some compensation for this. I also investigated the camel variant of it, this piece can only reach 1/6th of the board.


Bent Riders. A discussion of pieces, like the Gryphon, that take a step then move as riders.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Thu, May 2, 2019 03:47 PM UTC:

The opposite version and the zebra pieces. I will edit them later with the correct piece picture
camel then nightrider
Zebra then nightrider
Zebra then nightrider
Camel then zebrarider
Zebra then Camelrider


KelvinFox wrote on Wed, May 1, 2019 08:11 PM UTC:

Another idea that I have would be knight then camelrider

knight then camelrider


Hoo Mitregi. Intermediate between Mitregi itself and Dai Mitregi. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Mon, Mar 25, 2019 12:35 PM UTC:

This looks like a fun variant to play. I am going to test it soon


Mao-hopper. Moves as knight must must jump over occupied orthogonal square at first movement.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Sat, Mar 23, 2019 09:49 PM UTC:

A logical extension of this would be a version of this that only hops when capturing


Betza Notation. A primer on the leading shorthand for describing variant piece moves.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
KelvinFox wrote on Sun, Mar 10, 2019 08:01 PM UTC:

I wonder how I can make the Crooked Vao display correctly


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