V. Reinhart wrote on Tue, Jul 18, 2017 05:58 PM UTC:
I believe it just means that that the Cat and Star-Cat can capture pieces within its intermediate move pattern. So for example a Star Cat on d4 can capture pieces on e5, f6, and g7 (in one move).
But being optional is interesting. I think it would be uncommon for one of the cats to not want to capture a piece while jumping over it. But there may be situations, for example to leave an opponent's pawn in place if the pawn is blocking a slider from attacking a more valuable piece.
I just realized it also probably means that Fairy-Max can't play this. And my estimate for the value of a Star-Cat may be low, due to multi-capture ability.
But since it's not a long distance mover, I don't think it has overwhelming power, and would still play perfectly in this game.
I believe it just means that that the Cat and Star-Cat can capture pieces within its intermediate move pattern. So for example a Star Cat on d4 can capture pieces on e5, f6, and g7 (in one move).
But being optional is interesting. I think it would be uncommon for one of the cats to not want to capture a piece while jumping over it. But there may be situations, for example to leave an opponent's pawn in place if the pawn is blocking a slider from attacking a more valuable piece.
I just realized it also probably means that Fairy-Max can't play this. And my estimate for the value of a Star-Cat may be low, due to multi-capture ability.
But since it's not a long distance mover, I don't think it has overwhelming power, and would still play perfectly in this game.