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Dragon. Combines pawn and knight movement, mainly as a problem piece, not found in variants.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
gnohmon wrote on Wed, Jun 26, 2002 04:40 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
(Random page link brought me here.)

The combination of N+P can also be achieved in Absorption Chess, in which
case the rule is, I think, that reaching the 8th rank by using the P
component of the compound move allows promotion of the P component of the
compound piece.

Can a Dragon on the first rank make a 2 step P move, or even advance all
the way to the 4th rank?

Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Jan 29, 2005 08:01 AM UTC:
As it is a compound of two pieces that still have strong links to the regiments originally inspiring them (cavalry and infantry), could the name as applied to the piece be a corruption of 'Dragoon'? The two words are linked, as the original Dragoons were named for the Dragon emblem on their banners.

Anonymous wrote on Thu, May 13, 2010 07:17 AM UTC:
Dragon is used here:
http://www.chessvariants.org/unequal.dir/abchess/abeced-home.html
and here:
http://www.chessvariants.org/diffmove.dir/everymanapawn.html

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Nov 24, 2024 05:47 PM UTC:

Since I changed the image on this page, here is the old one for the sake of comparison:


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