Raystar wrote:
The piece is shown in the picture. It moves like a knight but diagonally, so it moves 2 places along a diagonal in one direction, then one in the sideways or 90 degree direction. Thus, like the bishops, there is a black Y and a white Y so they cannot take each other.
I'm afraid you're asking the impossible. No such version of Chess could possibly exist.
A piece that moves in two diagonal steps, followed by one orthogonal step reflecting a course change of 45 degrees - which is what I think you're describing - would change color with every move.
Ah, but if the last step were also diagonal, after a 90 degree course change, the diagonal analogue of a Knight's move, it would be confined to one color. Is that what you meant?
Dear chess.com,
I have an idea for a new version of chess which has a slightly larger board 80 fields and a new piece, the "Y" or
"raystar". The piece is shown in the picture. It moves like a knight but diagonally, so it moves 2 places along a diagonal in one direction, then one in the sideways or 90 degree direction. Thus, like the bishops, there is a black Y and a white Y so they cannot take each other. All I want is for you to put this game in your portal and name it Raystar Chess. Could you do that?
Many thanks
Regards –
Raimonds Akmens
Raystar Capital Balts Foundation
www.raystar.capital