Piececlopedia: Mushroom
Historical notes
The mushroom was invented by Ralph Betza in 1996. The original publication of Betza on the Mushroom piece can be found on this website. The code, in Betza's piece notation is: fbNfsLbF.
Movement
A mushroom can jump either- forwards: one vertical and three horizontal squares; or
- forwards or backwards: two vertical and one horizontal; or
- backwards: one square diagonally.
Mushrooms take in the same way as they move without taking.
Movement diagram
Checkmating
The Mushroom cannot inflict checkmate on a rectangular board with only assistance of its own King, and is thus a minor piece. A pair of Mushrooms can force checkmate on a bare King. Try it!
This is an item in the Piececlopedia: an overview of different (fairy) chess pieces.
Written by Hans Bodlaender. Mushroom piece image added by Fergus Duniho.
WWW page created: February 9, 2001.