Bob Greenwade wrote on Fri, Apr 5, 2024 03:25 PM UTC:
262. Forfrulqubakzeking. A recent creation by HaruNY for his Zen Zebras army in Chess with Different Armies, this piece with the nigh-unpronounceable* name moves forward or sideways like a Queen, or backwards like a King or Zebra. (fhsQKbhZ)**
The piece does have a forward bias to its move, but not enough that I'd consider it qualified as a Spear (except on an extraordinarily large board of at least 20x20).
For the model, the King is replaced by a Man; otherwise, it's left whole, just as is the King's move in the notation (the Queen's move covers it, so there's no need for modifiers). It's otherwise a forward Queen, backward Zebra.
I find the fact that the name, move, and model are all messy to be quite synchronous. For the latter two, that's a good thing, but for the first, not so much; I wish a clearer name could be used. Even something based on my own notation (like Fhasqkibhiz — "FAS ki biz"***) would be easier to deal with.
*Even for me, and I'm generally pretty good at that sort of thing.
**The name is based on the original notation of fhrlQbhJK.
***With the F and B aspirated, if you're into that level of linguistics.
262. Forfrulqubakzeking. A recent creation by HaruNY for his Zen Zebras army in Chess with Different Armies, this piece with the nigh-unpronounceable* name moves forward or sideways like a Queen, or backwards like a King or Zebra. (fhsQKbhZ)**
The piece does have a forward bias to its move, but not enough that I'd consider it qualified as a Spear (except on an extraordinarily large board of at least 20x20).
For the model, the King is replaced by a Man; otherwise, it's left whole, just as is the King's move in the notation (the Queen's move covers it, so there's no need for modifiers). It's otherwise a forward Queen, backward Zebra.
I find the fact that the name, move, and model are all messy to be quite synchronous. For the latter two, that's a good thing, but for the first, not so much; I wish a clearer name could be used. Even something based on my own notation (like Fhasqkibhiz — "FAS ki biz"***) would be easier to deal with.
*Even for me, and I'm generally pretty good at that sort of thing.
**The name is based on the original notation of fhrlQbhJK.
***With the F and B aspirated, if you're into that level of linguistics.