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Knavish Chess. (Updated!) Variant using square-board analogues to 6-way hex-board Dabbabas. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Charles Gilman wrote on Sun, Jun 12, 2011 06:29 AM UTC:
How does this look for an 8-rank version - alongside the oriinal rather than as a replacement? I would envisage the back Pawns having a double-step initial move but not the front ones.
For a larger board, on the other hand, it occurs to me that a whole group of wholly or partly longer-range pieces might be more suitable. Man and Beast 08: Diverse Directions lists the following extensions of the Carpenter, with details of how the suffixes were derived:
CARPERIDER=Nightrider+Dabbarider
CARPEBANTE=Knight+Dabbarider
CARPEROVER=Nightrider+Dabbaba
CARPEON=Knight+Pocket
CARPEDIEM=Nightrider+Pocket
It is clear that these can also be seen as Knaverider+Debtorider, Knavebante+Debtobante, et cetera. What size board would the likes of the Knaverider suit?