It makes sense that all paths for Bishops and Rooks should be two-way. In this case, I neglected to unlink 4 and 5 from spaces they got diagonally linked to with map. It would help to add the following to the rules to help clarify things:
Every path of movement for a Rook, Bishop, Queen, or King can go either way. So, for any two spaces, x and y, if one of these piece is normally capable of moving from x to y, it is also normally capable of moving from y to x.
Orthogonal and diagonal paths of movement are mutually exclusive. Orthogonal movement is permitted between spaces sharing a side, and diagonal movement is permitted only between spaces that share a single corner but no sides. So, between 4 and a4 or between 5 and h6, only orthogonal movement is allowed, and between 4 and b3 or between 5 and h6, only diagonal movement is allowed.
Now, based on these, it would be legal for a Queen (or Bishop) on g6, as illustrated below, to move to either h5 or 5. Is this correct?
It makes sense that all paths for Bishops and Rooks should be two-way. In this case, I neglected to unlink 4 and 5 from spaces they got diagonally linked to with map. It would help to add the following to the rules to help clarify things:
Now, based on these, it would be legal for a Queen (or Bishop) on g6, as illustrated below, to move to either h5 or 5. Is this correct?