Bob Greenwade wrote on Wed, Mar 6, 2024 03:37 PM UTC:
232. Balaklava Mammoth. In Balaklava Chess, All pieces except King are enhanced with a non-capturing Knight's move (the Pawn's is forward-half only). Since this wouldn't affect the Knight, that piece is replaced by the game's version of a Mammoth. While the usual Mammoth moves one or leaps two spaces in any direction, the Balaklava Mammoth only does the latter (making it technically an Alibaba), with the Knight enhancement. (SmN)
It's not a powerful piece, but it could become useful as a sort of "unbound Alibaba" that can visit any space on the board rather than just 1/4 of them.
I wasn't sure whether to enhance the Mammoth piece I already had with the miniaturized Knight popping out of its head, or the front. The latter made it look like the mammoth was pregnant with the horse, and did nothing to distinguish it from the player's own perspective; so, to quote Thor, "I went for the head."
232. Balaklava Mammoth. In Balaklava Chess, All pieces except King are enhanced with a non-capturing Knight's move (the Pawn's is forward-half only). Since this wouldn't affect the Knight, that piece is replaced by the game's version of a Mammoth. While the usual Mammoth moves one or leaps two spaces in any direction, the Balaklava Mammoth only does the latter (making it technically an Alibaba), with the Knight enhancement. (SmN)
It's not a powerful piece, but it could become useful as a sort of "unbound Alibaba" that can visit any space on the board rather than just 1/4 of them.
I wasn't sure whether to enhance the Mammoth piece I already had with the miniaturized Knight popping out of its head, or the front. The latter made it look like the mammoth was pregnant with the horse, and did nothing to distinguish it from the player's own perspective; so, to quote Thor, "I went for the head."
*Avengers: Endgame.