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@ Bob Greenwade[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Bob Greenwade wrote on Sat, Jun 15 03:36 PM UTC:

333. Tinker. 334. Tailor. With these two, I'm pretty sure I've never used the moves before, and they do (in my opinion) make for an interesting pair. I'd had the names and moves rolling around in my head separately for a while, but never at the same time until fairly recentlly.

Both have basic moves like a non-royal King, making a single step to any adjacent square. From there, they diverge: the Tinker moves without capture like a Knight, or moves only to capture like an Alibaba.

The Tailor (as you've probably guessed by now) moves without capture like an Alibaba, or moves only to capture like a Knight.

While the Tinker model came out even better than I expected. I'm not really happy with the Tailor one. I'd like to come up with something that's more suggestive of its name.