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M Winther wrote on Sun, May 7, 2006 02:26 PM UTC:

This is a new(?) pawn that I call Scorpion and it has two extra, oblique, movement directions, but no extra captures. Luckily, 'pion' means just pawn in espanol. It works very fine. It makes the games more lively. I suppose it could be introduced to practically any chess variant, instead of the standard pawn. It's all yours!

Try it! I made a zrf that I call Scorpion chess, featuring this new dangerous pawn. --Mats

Tony Quintanilla wrote on Sun, May 7, 2006 02:48 PM UTC:

This is a nice idea.

M Winther wrote on Sun, May 7, 2006 03:57 PM UTC:

(just uploaded a new ScorpionChess.zrf)

Gary Gifford wrote on Sun, May 7, 2006 04:28 PM UTC:

Scorpion movement is very much like that of the 'KOMA' piece # M-014 from the
game Nacvia Dratp. But the Koma can capture or move to any of the indicated 5 squares.

M Winther wrote on Mon, May 8, 2006 06:28 AM UTC:

I don't want to be a nag, but I urge you to evaluate this. Two Scorpion pawns have the same value as a light piece. This contributes to the stability of the positions, despite the increase in the tactical possibilities. This new pawn could probably spice up many big-board variants, too.
Scorpion chess.
--Mats

M Winther wrote on Thu, May 11, 2006 07:06 PM UTC:

I have now introduced the Scorpion pawn to the following games. It clearly adds zest to the games.
Elephant Chess
Samhain Chess
Mammoth Chess
Mammoth Chess (8x10)
Scorpion Chess
A case in point is Elephant Chess, which was, perhaps, a little dull and drawish before. Now it's more lively.
--Mats

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