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An Odd Piece[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Peter Aronson wrote on Tue, Jul 30, 2002 05:32 PM UTC:
When I go to sleep at night, I often try to think about something interesting or pleasant while I drift off. Last night I found myself thinking about an odd Chess piece. <p> The piece moves without capturing like a Dabbabah-Rider (repeated leaps of two squares in the same orthogonal direction), but captures like a Rook. So, mDDcWW or mDDcR in Ralph's funny notation. <p> And I found myself wondering: how powerful is this piece, and what sort of game or problem would it be good for? I has a number of curious characteristics: except for capturing, it is doubly colorbound, being restricted to 1/4 of the board; and while it can switch by capturing, at any time it can only attack 1/2 of the board. <p> It seems to me that this piece is vaguely cannon-like, being more powerful in the opening and midgame than the endgame. It also seems to me that it might be a very charming part of a piece mix. Any thoughts?