George Duke wrote on Fri, Sep 5, 2008 04:39 PM UTC:
Baseball Chess 9x9, Bunts. Bunting is dual move of one Pawn and adjacent
piece back-ranked. Only Knight does not Bunt. Centerfielder-Cardinal(BN)
Bunts only in her Bishop directions, King and Pitcher-Queen have their
three forward directions to square off and Bunt. The Bunt move of
one-square advance ''pushes'' adjacent Pawn one space too in same
direction. If there is no adjacent Pawn in the correct direction within
the Pawn row, the player-piece is forbidden Bunting that direction. White
Catcher-King's bunts are precisely (1) Pawn c2-b3; K d1-c2 and (1a) Pawn
d2-d3; K d1-d2 and (1c) Pawn e2-f3; K d1-e2. Queen bunts are exclusively
(1) P d2-c3; Q e1-d2 and (1a) P e2-e3; Q e1-e2 and (1c) P f2-g3; Q e1-f2.
Cardinal's bunts comprise (1) P e2-d3; Cardinal f1-e2 and (1a) P g2-h3; C
f1-g2. The only two Outfielder-Rooks' Bunts would be (1) P a2-a3; Rook
a1-a2 and (1) Pawn i2-i3; R i1-i2. Finally, each Infielder-Bishop's
bunt-routes follow the King's (Queen's, Cardinal's) diagonal patterns,
preceded by the proper Pawn. (qqq) Bunting as above in place of other move
at option (rrr) 'qqq', Bunt by King only includes following alternative.
If King proceeds as in above sample moves, taking up his residence on the
second rank, he cannot Castle thereafter. However instead, King may
''Bunt'' by pushing the chosen Pawn alone and remaining himself at his
initial-array square. Thereby, King retains full Castling rights later,
in principle not yet having moved.