Rich Hutnik wrote on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 04:49 PM UTC:
Gary, I would change the wording of the gating definition to be something
like:
Gating - 1. v. A specialized version of a drop, where a piece or pawn
[usually in reserve, a pocket piece] is place on a square, usually vacant,
as designated by the rules for that specific game which involve at least
one other pieces on the board. A gated piece, for example, could possibly
enter a game by one or more of the following methods as designated by the
rules: (a) the starting space of a piece or pawn that just moved; (b) a
space which was just vacated by a pawn or piece (not necessarily the
starting space), (c) a vacant space which is under the influence of a pawn
or piece (a projected gated piece); (d) replacing a piece currently on the
board that reaches a one space of a set of spaces (promotion); (e) the
teleporting of a piece on a board to another square on the board (example:
castling). Gating is normally considered an exclusive move type, but may
be combined with another move type, if the rules permit. Typically only
one of these methods would be expected to exist in a given game which
deploys gating. What differentiates gating from being a drop, is that
gating is governed one or more pieces on the board. Without this
relationship to a piece or pieces on the board, the move would be a
regular drop, as is seen in Bughouse or Shogi.
