George Duke wrote on Tue, Apr 29, 2008 06:44 PM UTC:
Rorschach as a CV has nine(9) piece-types, and the initial array becomes:
Row 2 OOOOOOOOOOOO and Row 1 rSHCARRAchSr, for which see the previous
Comment. For convenience, apply the same Rule(s) -- just the one logical
Rule allows full extrapolation -- that keys off V. R. Parton's Rettah. In
the first examples, simply learn the new-piece methods of movement in
order to play. The CVs so far all fall in the ''Rettah family,''
meaning any checker of Rettah must be taken. Rettah Chess itself is
Parton's first game (1952) before Alice Chess (1953). Parton cleverly
names, because ''Rettah'' is ''Hatter'' backwards, Lewis Carroll
has some chess problems, and Mad Hatter appears in his fiction. Thus and
so, the HORSE method generalizes, endlessly. 'Thus/and/so' would also be
a variant. Templar/Hunter/Unicorn,
Switcher/Alfil/Nightrider/Dabbabah/Spy/Overtaker, nicely fitting also on
12x8 with 9 piece-types. [Ones not in Truelove's reference list are either in CVPage alphabetically or else under Altair.]