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Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Charles Gilman wrote on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 06:49 AM UTC:
Thanks for pointing that out. I have fixed it.

J Andrew Lipscomb wrote on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 01:55 AM UTC:
You have Cardinals promoting to Cardinals...

Charles Gilman wrote on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 07:18 AM UTC:
What is meant by 'put nothing' - Knights being unpromotable, Knights and
Bishops promoted to the same thing? More detail is needed.

Regarding Sultan/Sultaness, how would these be extrapolated to e.g.
Queen+Zemel?

John Smith wrote on Sun, Dec 14, 2008 08:34 AM UTC:
I would put nothing. Then again, I could put a piece that moves along one diagonal as a Bishop, and complementarily as a Knight, bound to 1/3 of the board, but I think that would be too exotic.

Charles Gilman wrote on Sun, Dec 14, 2008 08:08 AM UTC:
Nu, what would you put between Knight and Bishop, given that there has to be something that Knights are promoted on the far rank to that themselves get promoted to Bishops on the home rank? I know that the Gnu is much too strong. The Zebra might work, I suppose.

Claudio Martins Jaguaribe wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 05:39 PM UTC:
Charles:

Did you ever considered the names Sultan for King+Camel and Sultaness for Queen + Camel?

Hugs!

John Smith wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 04:57 AM UTC:
Prince > Bishop. 'Nuff said.

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