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Man and Beast 11: Long-nosed Generals. Systematic naming of part-symmetric pieces with non-coprime components.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Charles Gilman wrote on Mon, Jan 30, 2012 06:56 AM UTC:
'Yes, but how do the Dogrose, Primrose, and such move? Maybe you can use new names for them while you're at it.'
Right, I'm with you now. They were pieces extending one or more component of the Rosette (in the prefixed cases) or Rosebud (in the suffixed ones). Elephrider+Trebuchet is now Newtbante and Treburider+Elephant Newttrante. This approach has the advantage that it can be applied to pieces that were never anything -ette or -ebud. Thus Dabbarider+Tripper=Tribubante and Triprider+Dabbaba Tributrante.