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From Ungulates Outwards

A Systematic Set of Names for the Simplest Oblique Pieces

Charles Gilman

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From Ungulates Outwards. A Systematic Set of Names for the Simplest Oblique Pieces.

Charles Gilman wrote on 2004-09-02 EDT

That is a very good question. In Cardmate Queen+Knight is termed Ace, a usage which I adopted in Fivequarters. Its connotations of supremacy seem suited to a piece with so many moves. This gave me the idea of naming the Queen+Camel compound Acme, which has similar connotations. The common reversed Ca- prefix then suggested Queen+Zebra=Eze, Queen+Giraffe=Ige, Queen+Antelope=Ane, Queen+Zemel=Ezme, Queen+Satyr=Ase, Queen+Gimel=Igme, et cetera.

Doug Chatham wrote on 2004-08-30 EDT

When you combine a Queen with a Knight you get an Amazon. What do you get when you combine a Queen with one of the other ungulates in your list?

Charles Gilman wrote on 2004-07-28 EDT

Thanks for all the suggestions. I will be considering more complex compounds, and pieces with non-straight paths, in later articles. Since the last posting it has occurred to me that I may have called the FO Ibex under a false premiss: it may be the horns of the oryx rather than of the ibex that tend to fuse, the confusion arising from the common final X. So, would anyone object to changing the name Juncture to Ledge (isolated flat bit on a mountain most accessible to an ibex) - with Jump therefore becoming Lump and Jandyman Landyman? If not, I will include these in an update that I am planning once my article on 3-coordinate oblique leapers (already submitted) is posted.

George Duke wrote on 2004-07-22 EDTExcellent ★★★★★

Defining oblique pieces by their coordinates leads to SOLL, in order to
deal only in integers.  A Ferz is two Wazir moves at right angles(SOLLs
ratio 2:1). A Camel is two Knight moves at right angles (SOLLs ratio
10:5).  That symmetry shows why the Quintessence (of Qu. Ch and Quinquereme), rather than
 Nightrider, is correct extension of Knight in two dimensions.
It is worthwhile in the abstract naming the pieces moving oblique
directions beyond Camel and Zebra. However, follow-up could relate to
Chess and CVs by asking whether 5:3 or 6:1 leapers, as ex, are useful
exotic pieces.  Probably not.  The 5:1 Zemel, 5:2 Vine, 5:3 Gimel, 5:4
Rector are all of them better implemented as 5-square 5-way DRAGON
non-leaping: Dragon reaches all of those squares. [See my Passed Pawns,
Scorpions and Dragon article]  The 4:1 Giraffe, 4:3 Antelope and 4:2
two-step N-rider--all of them come under SCORPION without jumping ability.
The 6:1 Flamingo (or Mallet for FO), 6:2 two-step Camel-Rider, 6:5 Pastor, 6:3 
and 6:4 -- all of them are subsumed by PHOENIX,  a 6-sq 6-way chess piece
required to follow specific pathways.  Occasionally, commentary might say that 
Dragon's 5-square move reaches one particular 5:4 'Umbrella'-square, but
only colourful embellishment for that instance.

Charles Gilman wrote on 2004-06-03 EDT

Sorry, it was Comiscellany that was wrong, and should be Comixture. Miscellany was a name that I had been considering but changed my mind about, and when I changed it to Mixture I forgot to change Comiscellany. The ending -ure is my final decision, as I have now submitted an article of 3d oblique pieces.

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