Bob Greenwade wrote on Mon, Nov 20, 2023 03:06 PM UTC:
125. Yu. I thought I'd take a week to show off some more of the pieces I've developed based on letters of the Tifinagh. (No other alphabet in the world lends itself to chess moves like that one. I've actually searched, and nothing else really even comes close. (There are Roman letters that haven't been exploited; one or two may come up later in the week, but on the whole we can discuss those some other time.)
Yu (ⵓ; the name is pronounced like our letter U*, and the letter like "oo") leaps two spaces directly forward or backward. If it captures when it moves, it must then move to any space adjacent to where the victim was. (mvDvmpafcaKvmpafcabW)
Because of this limited movement, the Yu may be used as a Pawn in an actual game.
*This could, of course, lead to all sorts of "Who's on First?"-ish moments.
125. Yu. I thought I'd take a week to show off some more of the pieces I've developed based on letters of the Tifinagh. (No other alphabet in the world lends itself to chess moves like that one. I've actually searched, and nothing else really even comes close. (There are Roman letters that haven't been exploited; one or two may come up later in the week, but on the whole we can discuss those some other time.)
Yu (ⵓ; the name is pronounced like our letter U*, and the letter like "oo") leaps two spaces directly forward or backward. If it captures when it moves, it must then move to any space adjacent to where the victim was. (mvDvmpafcaKvmpafcabW)
Because of this limited movement, the Yu may be used as a Pawn in an actual game.
*This could, of course, lead to all sorts of "Who's on First?"-ish moments.