[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ][ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ][ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]Single Comment The birth of two variants: Apothecary chess 1 & Apothecary chess 2[Subject Thread] [Add Response] Aurelian Florea wrote on Sat, Mar 4, 2017 04:15 PM UTC:Let us reiterate the Apothecary2 pieces. There are five categories of strength: Major Pieces: Queen:Classic chess queen Archbishop:bishop+knight Chancellor:rook+knight Rook piece: Rook: Classic Chess Rook Fool Piece: Fool: Imitates the last move of the opponent Minor Pieces: Knight:classic chess knigth that moves but not captures with a (3,3) leap Bishop:classic chess bishop Elephant:moves and captures one or two steps diagonally or leaps just to move (3,0) Zebra:Makes a moving or capturing (3,2) leap or step just to move 1 step diagonally Camel:Makes a moving or capturing (3,1) leap or step just to move 1 step orthogonally Pawn piece: Pawn: classic chess pawn move and capture but promotes and rank 8 to any minor at rank 9 to a minor or rook and rank 10 to any piece.
Let us reiterate the Apothecary2 pieces. There are five categories of strength:
Major Pieces:
Queen:Classic chess queen
Archbishop:bishop+knight
Chancellor:rook+knight
Rook piece:
Rook: Classic Chess Rook
Fool Piece:
Fool: Imitates the last move of the opponent
Minor Pieces:
Knight:classic chess knigth that moves but not captures with a (3,3) leap
Bishop:classic chess bishop
Elephant:moves and captures one or two steps diagonally or leaps just to move (3,0)
Zebra:Makes a moving or capturing (3,2) leap or step just to move 1 step diagonally
Camel:Makes a moving or capturing (3,1) leap or step just to move 1 step orthogonally
Pawn piece:
Pawn: classic chess pawn move and capture but promotes and rank 8 to any minor at rank 9 to a minor or rook and rank 10 to any piece.