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Quintessential chess. Large chess variants, with some pieces moving with a sequence of knight moves in a zigzag line. (10x10, Cells: 84) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Anonymous wrote on Thu, Nov 7, 2002 07:56 AM UTC:

Peter Aronson asked:

> I assume that leap-riders can pass over missing squares as long as 
> they don't need to land on any of them?

Yes, this is exactly what I wanted to say.

> If I understand correctly, the Quintessence has 16-paths; that is,
> two versions each of all 8 Camel-rider paths. Do I have that right?

Yes, this is right. The 16-fold path does not really materialise
before the fifth generation of the quintessence move: In the first
generation there are 8 directions, in the second 8 directions with 
two ways to reach the target, in the third generation there are 12
directions, 8 with one way and 4 with two ways, in the forth generation 
there are again 8 directions with two ways.

The third generation move of the quintessence is a lame 5-leaper move,
both the (0,5) and the (3,4) moves are there.

--JKn