Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Nov 26, 2023 01:45 AM UTC:
130. Girlfriend. and 131. Boyfriend. These two pieces play off our friend, the Friend.
A tradition in fairy chess draws from the relationship between the King and Queen, in that a male-named piece that's a stepper has a corresponding female-named piece that's a slider. This can also be seen in the Duke and Duchess, Prince and Princess, and other pairs. For my own part, I extend this principle to leapers and riders; where a Centaur is one name for a King/Knight compound, the corresponding Queen/Nightrider is the Centauride (among other names, of course).
So, the Girlfriend is a sort of "Friendrider." It functions just like the Friend, but it converts single- (or limited-) step moves to slides, and leaps to rides.
Conversely, the Boyfriend does the opposite: any slides become single steps, and any rides become single leaps.
130. Girlfriend. and 131. Boyfriend. These two pieces play off our friend, the Friend.
A tradition in fairy chess draws from the relationship between the King and Queen, in that a male-named piece that's a stepper has a corresponding female-named piece that's a slider. This can also be seen in the Duke and Duchess, Prince and Princess, and other pairs. For my own part, I extend this principle to leapers and riders; where a Centaur is one name for a King/Knight compound, the corresponding Queen/Nightrider is the Centauride (among other names, of course).
So, the Girlfriend is a sort of "Friendrider." It functions just like the Friend, but it converts single- (or limited-) step moves to slides, and leaps to rides.
Conversely, the Boyfriend does the opposite: any slides become single steps, and any rides become single leaps.