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Camelrider. (Updated!) Makes a Camel leap, and can make additional leaps in the same direction.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
📝Kelvin Voskuijl wrote on Tue, Apr 1 01:32 PM EDT:

Will add diagram later.


📝Kelvin Voskuijl wrote on Wed, Apr 2 07:09 PM EDT in reply to Kelvin Voskuijl from Tue Apr 1 01:32 PM:

Unsure about value.


HaruN Y wrote on Wed, Apr 2 08:22 PM EDT in reply to Kelvin Voskuijl from 07:09 PM:Excellent ★★★★★

About 3 Pawn.


📝Kelvin Voskuijl wrote on Thu, Apr 3 11:24 AM EDT:

Some editor should move this to Piececlopedia after Approval


H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Apr 3 12:48 PM EDT in reply to Kelvin Voskuijl from 11:24 AM:

... (which also feature variants that capture as queen or rook)

The use of the word 'variants' here is a bit confusing, as it is easily taken as meaning 'chess varoiants'. Better to say: "which also feature divergent compounds of it that capture as queen or rook".


📝Kelvin Voskuijl wrote on Thu, Apr 3 01:00 PM EDT in reply to H. G. Muller from 12:48 PM:

changed it


HaruN Y wrote on Thu, Apr 3 01:48 PM EDT:Excellent ★★★★★

Evert Jan van den Berg

The Problemist Fairy Chess Supplement

August 1930 (12)

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=RC graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png symmetry=none royal=K stalemate=loss pawn:P:fmW*fceF:pawn:,,a5 rook:R:afafafafafafWkR:rook:,,h1 camelrider:C:mCC:camelrider:h4 white king:K:KafafcabafqafcW:king:a4 black king:K:cK:king:,,c4

Maxi-Selfmate in 3

Solution: 1.Ce5! Rh8 2.Cf8 Rh1 3.Ch2 Ra1#

This problem probably predates Dawson's Camelrider problems.


📝Kelvin Voskuijl wrote on Thu, Apr 10 05:56 AM EDT:

Is there still something to be done?


Jörg Knappen wrote on Thu, Apr 10 06:17 AM EDT in reply to Kelvin Voskuijl from 05:56 AM:

Yes. Mention the name Mehari used by French problemists (see Jerome Grimbert, https://web.archive.org/web/20050116004034/http://jgrimbert.free.fr/pieces/p042.html )


📝Kelvin Voskuijl wrote on Thu, Apr 10 06:30 AM EDT in reply to Jörg Knappen from 06:17 AM:

Added


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Apr 10 12:11 PM EDT:

I added a sentence about Dickins and a link for Lynx Chess, but I couldn't find a page for Great Rider Chess. Did you mean Grand Rider Chess?


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Apr 10 12:21 PM EDT:

I have also added some AI concept art of this piece.


📝Kelvin Voskuijl wrote on Thu, Apr 10 02:23 PM EDT in reply to Fergus Duniho from 12:11 PM:

Fixed it


📝Kelvin Voskuijl wrote on Thu, Apr 10 04:40 PM EDT in reply to Kelvin Voskuijl from 02:23 PM:

Are there other things


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Apr 10 07:22 PM EDT in reply to Kelvin Voskuijl from 04:40 PM:

It could use a written description of how it moves.


🔔Notification on Thu, Apr 10 08:19 PM EDT:

The author, Kelvin Voskuijl, has updated this page.


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Apr 10 08:23 PM EDT:

I published this and added it to the categorized Piececlopedia index.


HaruN Y wrote on Fri, Apr 11 10:15 AM EDT in reply to HaruN Y from Thu Apr 3 01:48 PM:

Note that the AI ​​will go for checkmate even though White's goal in this problem is to force Black to deliver checkmate.


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