Wikipedia
Riders.
Hey chess fans! I'm ChameleonGamer, and this is my little chess blog!What's a rider?
Riders move endlessly as one piece. Examples include the Nightrider, a piece that moves like a Knight endlessly. In Betza's notation, a piece that is a rider can be represented as the notation of the piece in question twice, such as WW for a Wazir-rider, which is just a Rook. A King-rider (KK in Betza's notation) would technically be a Queen, as it moves endlessly in any direction, as the King moves one space in any direction.
A billion examples of riders.
Here's a couple of riders for you:
- Rook - Moves horizontally or vertically as many spaces as it wants, like how the Wazir moves this way only 1 square.
- Bishop - Moves diagonally as many spaces as he desires, like how the Ferz (appeared in Chaturanga, an ancient form of chess) moves to any adjacent diagonal square.
- Queen - A compound of the Rook and Bishop, like how the King is a compound of a Wazir and Ferz.
- Every leaper I brought up last post has a rider variant, besides compounds.
- Queen of the Night - moves as queen or nightrider, like how the General moves as king or knight.
- Cardinal-rider - moves as a bishop or nightrider
- Chancellor-rider - moves as rook or nightrider