Note that a piece that moves as the piece in the FIDE setup that started on the file it is currently on is known as a Querquisite, and that the pieces used here are very much related to this. So it might be good to refer to this, for better historical context.
You show once again that you understand much more about chess and its historical context. 'Querquisite' means nothing to me. If you had a formula to establish the historical context, I would be grateful.
This is basically just a sub-variant of Avatar Chess on a 9x9 board, with different, more regular assignment of the morph targets to the squares. The only 'novelty' is that there are now also some squares where pieces don't morph.
You might be right. Avatar Chess can be seen as a top variant in terms of morphing. Then all other variations that deal with morphing are sub-variants. And all the squares that are not morphed are an 'novelty' compared to Avatar Chess.
But we are dealing with variations that offer move variations that deviate from standard chess.
In addition, all variants that deal with morphing would be superfluous - provided the benchmark is Avatar Chess. That would be nice.
That's why variants with different morphing activities have their raison d'être - at least in my opinion.
You show once again that you understand much more about chess and its historical context. 'Querquisite' means nothing to me. If you had a formula to establish the historical context, I would be grateful.
You might be right. Avatar Chess can be seen as a top variant in terms of morphing. Then all other variations that deal with morphing are sub-variants. And all the squares that are not morphed are an 'novelty' compared to Avatar Chess.
But we are dealing with variations that offer move variations that deviate from standard chess.
In addition, all variants that deal with morphing would be superfluous - provided the benchmark is Avatar Chess. That would be nice.
That's why variants with different morphing activities have their raison d'être - at least in my opinion.