Bob Greenwade wrote on Wed, Aug 9, 2023 03:10 PM UTC:
23. Gerfod. In keeping with the theme of pieces named for their Betza notation, here's one that casts the illusion of that -- though it's actually the other way around.
My late wife usually made to-do lists for each day, and the first item was always GRFD -- "Get Ready For Day." Me being me, I'd pronounce it: "Gerfod." After a while I even designed (but never had built) a piece of furniture I called a "gerfod table": similar to a small console table, with drawers for accessories, socks, and underwear, plus a half-length mirror and hooks for hanging shirt, jacket, etc.
So how does this piece move? It can leap three diagonally like a Tripper (G), slide orthogonally like a Rook (R), or leap two spaces forward like a Dabbabah (fD) -- GRfD.
This may (notwithstanding Mr. Gilman) have the distinction of being the first fairy chess piece to be named for a piece of furniture.
(It might be interesting to see a furniture-themed set for Chess With Different Armies, with the Gerfod in the Rook's position.)
23. Gerfod. In keeping with the theme of pieces named for their Betza notation, here's one that casts the illusion of that -- though it's actually the other way around.
My late wife usually made to-do lists for each day, and the first item was always GRFD -- "Get Ready For Day." Me being me, I'd pronounce it: "Gerfod." After a while I even designed (but never had built) a piece of furniture I called a "gerfod table": similar to a small console table, with drawers for accessories, socks, and underwear, plus a half-length mirror and hooks for hanging shirt, jacket, etc.
So how does this piece move? It can leap three diagonally like a Tripper (G), slide orthogonally like a Rook (R), or leap two spaces forward like a Dabbabah (fD) -- GRfD.
This may (notwithstanding Mr. Gilman) have the distinction of being the first fairy chess piece to be named for a piece of furniture.
(It might be interesting to see a furniture-themed set for Chess With Different Armies, with the Gerfod in the Rook's position.)