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I've been familiar with the princess, empress, and amazon as fairy chess pieces; they're the easiest ones for me to understand the moves of because they simply combine the knight with other pieces. However, I'm now getting chances to know more about other fairy chess pieces. To understand them, let's first define the familiar rook, bishop, and knight's moves by how many ranks and files their new square is from their old square:
The "fairy chess pieces" this is about are those where at least one of x,y is > 2 and x is not equal to y. (The Bishop is for any x=y where x = y > 0.) The Fairy chess piece article says:
Now, I want to know if anyone has proposed names for the level-5 hoppers; that is, those where it's n,5 or 5,n for any n in the 1-4 interval. (0,5 or 5,0 and 5,5 are less interesting because we already know the bishop is n,n; the rook is n,0 or 0,n, and the queen is any of n,n; 0,n; or n,0.) The name "ibis" is revealed for n=1 in the following URL:
http://gambiter.com/chess/variants/Fairy_chess_piece.html
But the above URL reveals no name for n=2, 3, or 4. Georgia guy ( talk) 14:25, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
When I hear the original " Ferry Cross the Mersey", I'm puzzled because I have a memory of hearing it sung by a voice more like Peter Noone or Davy Jones. Could I be remembering one of the covers? I know this question is vague. — Tamfang ( talk) 22:39, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
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I've been familiar with the princess, empress, and amazon as fairy chess pieces; they're the easiest ones for me to understand the moves of because they simply combine the knight with other pieces. However, I'm now getting chances to know more about other fairy chess pieces. To understand them, let's first define the familiar rook, bishop, and knight's moves by how many ranks and files their new square is from their old square:
The "fairy chess pieces" this is about are those where at least one of x,y is > 2 and x is not equal to y. (The Bishop is for any x=y where x = y > 0.) The Fairy chess piece article says:
Now, I want to know if anyone has proposed names for the level-5 hoppers; that is, those where it's n,5 or 5,n for any n in the 1-4 interval. (0,5 or 5,0 and 5,5 are less interesting because we already know the bishop is n,n; the rook is n,0 or 0,n, and the queen is any of n,n; 0,n; or n,0.) The name "ibis" is revealed for n=1 in the following URL:
http://gambiter.com/chess/variants/Fairy_chess_piece.html
But the above URL reveals no name for n=2, 3, or 4. Georgia guy ( talk) 14:25, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
When I hear the original " Ferry Cross the Mersey", I'm puzzled because I have a memory of hearing it sung by a voice more like Peter Noone or Davy Jones. Could I be remembering one of the covers? I know this question is vague. — Tamfang ( talk) 22:39, 10 January 2021 (UTC)