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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.)


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