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Fairy Pieces Info (chess.com)

Fairy Pieces Info (chess.com)

Lachelner
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Amazon, Chancellor, Archbishop, General…who are they? Today I‘ll show you fairy pieces, their moves and their names. The first piece: Amazon.

Combines a queen and knight. If a queen is worth 9 points and a knight is worth 3 points, the Amazon is worth 12 points. When noting moves, the Amazon is marked „A“. How it moves:

The Chancellor



Combines a rook and knight. Worth 9 points. Marked „E“. Moves:

The Archbishop


Combines bishop and knight. Worth 6 points. Marked „H“. Moves:


General

Combines king and knight. 6 points worth. Marked „M“. Moves:

Camel


An elongated 3-1 knight. 3 points. Marked „C“. Moves:

Wildebeest


Combines camel and knight. 6 points. Marked „V“. Moves:

Grasshopper


Jumps in any direction, hopping over the first piece, jumping behind it. 5 points worth. Marked „G“. Moves:

Ferz


Moves one square diagonally. 3 points. Marked „F“. Moves:

Wazir


Moves one square and horizontally and vertically. Worth 3 points. Marked „W“. Moves:

Alfil


Jumps two squares diagonally. 4 points. Marked „l“. Moves:

Dabbaba


Jumps two squares horizontally or vertically. 4 points. Marked „S“. Moves:

Alibaba


Moves like an Alfil and Dabbaba. Worth 8 points. Marked „Y“. Moves:

Xiangqi Horse


Moves one square orthogonally and one diagonally. It cannot jump over other pieces.

Three points worth. Marked „U“.  Moves:

Berolina


A pawn that moves diagonally and captures forwards. Worth one point. Marked „a“. Moves:

Soldier


A Soldier is a pawn that moves and captured forwards only. Worth 1 point. Marked „ß“. Moves:

Knight-Rider



Moves like a knight, but doubly. Worth 6 points. Marked „0“. Moves:

Camel-Rider


Moves like a camel, but doubly. Worth 6 points. Marked „L“. Moves:

Alfil-Rider

Moves doubly like an Alfil. Worth 8 points. Marked „J“. Moves:

Dabbaba-Rider


Moves like a Dabbaba, but doubly. Worth 8 points. Marked „T“. Moves:

Alibaba-Rider

Moves doubly like an Alibaba. Worth 16 points. Marked „Z“. Moves:

Dragon Bishop

Combines a bishop and Xiangqi Horse. Worth 5 points. Marked „∆“. Moves:

Stone General


A pawn that moves and captures diagonally. Worth 1 point. Marked „¥“. Moves:

Sergeant


A pawn that moves and captures diagonally. Worth 1 point. Marked „∂“. Moves:

Blocking Blocks


Brick


Blocks pieces. Knights can jump over it. Marked „X“.

Duck


Same as a brick. Marked „®“.

If you want to change textures of the pieces, go to 4 Player and Variants:

Press 4 Player Chess:

Press „S“ on the keyboard or press the gears.

The screen above shows textures to be choosed.

Next up: „Smaug on the Chessboard: Why does the Dragon Bishop make Paradgim Chess Special“ coming today! Have a nice day!

Edit: Thank you readers for helping me to repair this blog!