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Alibaba. Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Mar 1, 2003 08:21 AM UTC:Good ★★★★Alibaba is a very clever name for this piece. It is meaningful in its own right and also uss elements of both the pieces whose moves it combines.
Charles Gilman wrote on Fri, Dec 26, 2003 08:58 AM UTC:Good ★★★★Would a (presumably promotable) piece with just the three forward moves of the Alibaba be a Thief? Perhaps there could be a variant with an army of a King, an Alibaba, and a bunch of Thieves against the FIDE army, with the Thieves stealing the move of any FIDE piece jumped over except a Pawn and becoming Alibabas if they reach the enemy camp without jumping anything. Would 14 or 22 Thieves best match the FIDE army, and should the robbed pieces become Pawns or Thieves? Possibly more interesting intrinsically than the Thief would be a Goldthief with 6 Alibaba moves and a Silverthief with 5 - and anyone familiar with Shogi should be able to work out which 6 and which 5!
L. Lynn Smith wrote on Sat, Dec 27, 2003 07:57 AM UTC:Might an Alibaba without the forward orthogonal leap be called a Pickpocket? ;-)
Hmmm...how about a 44-square Hecatomb-like variant where each side gets a King, an Alibaba, and 20 promotable Thieves? Call it something like 'The Game of Forty Thieves' :)
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