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Fearful fairies. An experimental army for CadA, featuring the Dullahan (Ferz-Knight compound) and the Banshee. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

H. G. Muller wrote on Tue, Mar 6, 2012 06:29 PM UTC:

Well, the problem is that a deep forward fork makes it almost impossible to have tactically quiet positions in the opening, because the forking piece can choose its victims on the back rank and stay clear from the Pawns at the same time. The Banshee indeed is a concern, but at least its long-range attacks are blockable. So a check on the King would not be immediately a smothered mate, because you can move up a Pawn to block it. And then you can hope that it was not attacking an unprotected piece elsewhere on the back rank. That is different with a Bison checking from d5. The only remedy there is to make an escape square for your King in advance, but letting your castling rights be destroyed that way is pretty fatal too.

It would have to be play-tested if the Banshee can do fatal initial damage to the opposing army.