Bob Greenwade wrote on Wed, Sep 27, 2023 02:45 PM UTC:
72. Colonel. There are many possibilities for military ranks in chess games; there certainly are plenty of them. In fact, I have piece designs for every rank from Soldier and Corporal up to Brigidier and General. But the Colonel is the interesting one for today. It moves to any adjacent space, or three spaces forward and one to the side. (KfC)
If you think you can see how I came up with that, you're probably right.
I'm building the "officer rank" pieces out of just putting the modern-day rank insignia on top of a base and stem, the latter of increasing height as the rank increases.
72. Colonel. There are many possibilities for military ranks in chess games; there certainly are plenty of them. In fact, I have piece designs for every rank from Soldier and Corporal up to Brigidier and General. But the Colonel is the interesting one for today. It moves to any adjacent space, or three spaces forward and one to the side. (KfC)
If you think you can see how I came up with that, you're probably right.
I'm building the "officer rank" pieces out of just putting the modern-day rank insignia on top of a base and stem, the latter of increasing height as the rank increases.