Bob Greenwade wrote on Mon, Nov 13, 2023 05:02 PM UTC:
119. Mongoose. Maybe someone else has already invented a rotary counterpart to the Snaketongue, but I haven't been able to find it. Since mongooses are notorious foes of snakes (thanks in no small part to Rikki Tikki Tavi), I figured that would be a fitting name for the piece that moves one space sideways (instead of forward or back) and then proceeds outward diagonally like a Bishop. (sWsyafsW)
Of course, on a chessboard a Mongoose and Snake would be about evenly matched.
And yes, this piece does look like the more-familiar meerkat. The two animals are of the same species family.
119. Mongoose. Maybe someone else has already invented a rotary counterpart to the Snaketongue, but I haven't been able to find it. Since mongooses are notorious foes of snakes (thanks in no small part to Rikki Tikki Tavi), I figured that would be a fitting name for the piece that moves one space sideways (instead of forward or back) and then proceeds outward diagonally like a Bishop. (sWsyafsW)
Of course, on a chessboard a Mongoose and Snake would be about evenly matched.
And yes, this piece does look like the more-familiar meerkat. The two animals are of the same species family.