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Kevin Pacey wrote on Mon, Mar 12, 2018 05:50 AM UTC:

I've just realized a pretty point about the FN compound piece tonight. It turns out in a way it's the compliment of a WAD piece, that is, if you imagine a two square radius around a WAD piece placed on a board, in the centre,, a FN piece if placed on that WAD's square instead can move to every square that the WAD piece cannot (and vice-verca). [edit: Apparently Aurelian in an early post alluded this, which I didn't quite understand/appreciate at the time, as he referred to 'symmetry' being involved - 'complemetary' I think is a better term for how the WAD & FN piece types' powers relate to each other.]

This is such a pretty point that I'm now considering using FNs instead of Ns for my 10x10 WAD Chess variant idea, too, besides still possibly adopting Aurelian's suggestion for the Wide Nightrider Chess variant idea.

[edit: I've gone back and added diagrams with FNs instead of Ns, for my 12x10 and 10x10 variant ideas, and also given my estimate for the value of a FN in each case.]

I'm also looking a lot lately at my old 52Chess and Gamma2 Chess variant ideas (diagrams posted much earlier in this thread), with fresh eyes. [edit: I still don't like these two ideas, after further reflection.]


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