Kevin Pacey wrote on Wed, Dec 16, 2020 03:45 AM UTC:
Here's a diagram of an idea for a CV of mine that I'll look at at leisure. It's a result of trying to come up with knight-like pieces that might work better on 10x8 (or bigger) than plain knights, by protecting a castled K and/or influencing the opponent's half of the centre, yet hopefully not being way too powerful. The Knight-Alfil compound piece is represented by the elephant+knight figurine. I also used Knight-Ferz compound pieces, to have all pawns in the setup guarded. It seems possible for just one of either type of augmented knight to mate a lone K, though I don't yet know if mates are forcible, in under 50 moves, both cases [edit: H.G.'s mating app seems to suggest so, with the NF being much faster at doing so than the NA]. In addition, I used B-D compound pieces, so that all 3 mentioned types would be close in value (I think) on 10x8; it's not inconceivable that on infrequent occasions, 3 pawns might prove an exceptional match for just one piece, of these 3 piece types. The Qs are still FIDE Qs. Promotion is to any piece type in the setup except K. Castling would be Flexible Castling (like in Gross Chess), where an unmoved K can move 2, 3 or possibly 4 steps towards an unmoved R, with said R ending up on the square adjacent to the K on the other side of it, on the first rank. I'm thinking I may call the idea 'Hybrid Chess', if it seems feasible still after more study.
Here's a diagram of an idea for a CV of mine that I'll look at at leisure. It's a result of trying to come up with knight-like pieces that might work better on 10x8 (or bigger) than plain knights, by protecting a castled K and/or influencing the opponent's half of the centre, yet hopefully not being way too powerful. The Knight-Alfil compound piece is represented by the elephant+knight figurine. I also used Knight-Ferz compound pieces, to have all pawns in the setup guarded. It seems possible for just one of either type of augmented knight to mate a lone K, though I don't yet know if mates are forcible, in under 50 moves, both cases [edit: H.G.'s mating app seems to suggest so, with the NF being much faster at doing so than the NA]. In addition, I used B-D compound pieces, so that all 3 mentioned types would be close in value (I think) on 10x8; it's not inconceivable that on infrequent occasions, 3 pawns might prove an exceptional match for just one piece, of these 3 piece types. The Qs are still FIDE Qs. Promotion is to any piece type in the setup except K. Castling would be Flexible Castling (like in Gross Chess), where an unmoved K can move 2, 3 or possibly 4 steps towards an unmoved R, with said R ending up on the square adjacent to the K on the other side of it, on the first rank. I'm thinking I may call the idea 'Hybrid Chess', if it seems feasible still after more study.