Bob Greenwade wrote on Tue, Apr 9, 2024 04:01 PM UTC:
266. Crossing Bishop. and 267. Crossing Rook. I had been going to do something else today, but then I realized that tomorrow's going to be pretty busy for me*, so I'd be better off putting up a pair for today and tomorrow. Tune in Thursday for what had been going to be today's.
The Crossing Bishop was first proposed by Ralph Betza in his article on Bent Riders. This piece steps one space diagonally like a Ferz, then turns 90° to slide like a Bishop. ([F?sB])
It's fairly easy to extrapolate a Crossing Rook from that, as stepping one space like a Wazir, then turning 90° to slide like a Rook. ([W?sR])
Other Crossing pieces are possible too, of course; the Crossing Queen would combine these two, while there could also be a Crossing Nightrider, Crossing Camelrider, Crossing Raven, and so forth.
266. Crossing Bishop. and 267. Crossing Rook. I had been going to do something else today, but then I realized that tomorrow's going to be pretty busy for me*, so I'd be better off putting up a pair for today and tomorrow. Tune in Thursday for what had been going to be today's.
The Crossing Bishop was first proposed by Ralph Betza in his article on Bent Riders. This piece steps one space diagonally like a Ferz, then turns 90° to slide like a Bishop. ([F?sB])
It's fairly easy to extrapolate a Crossing Rook from that, as stepping one space like a Wazir, then turning 90° to slide like a Rook. ([W?sR])
Other Crossing pieces are possible too, of course; the Crossing Queen would combine these two, while there could also be a Crossing Nightrider, Crossing Camelrider, Crossing Raven, and so forth.
*I'm going out of town for eye surgery.