Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To Jose Carrillo wrote on Tue, Dec 15, 2009 01:48 AM UTC:Fergus said: >>I'm not sure if that is a correct reading of the piece, Joe. The >>description of Ajax Orthodox Chess doesn't explicitly say that the >>Minister cannot capture on the second perimeter. Jose Carillo does >>identify the piece with both the Pasha and the Mastodon, and in code he >>is developing for this game, the Minister has not been programmed as a >>divergent piece. What is misleading in his description is that he calls >>it a minor piece. The Minister, Pasha, Mastodon or whatever you call it >>is a major piece, though a short-range one. That is correct, the Ajax Minister can capture on it's 2-square leap. I stand corrected, the Ajax Minister is a major piece. I'll update the rule page. Garth said: >>The rules of Ajax Orthodox Chess specifically state that the Minister >>may capture with its one-step move. The different colors are probably >>to show that it leaps to the 2nd perimeter rather than blockably >>sliding. Absolutely correct Garth. I needed different colors to indicate that the 2-step move was actually a leap, and from the text I thought it was obvious (except for the 'minor piece' typo) that the Ajax Minister could capture with both it's 1-step move or 2-square leap. I'll clarify further in the rules page. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID NextChess6 does not match any item.