John WedoffApr 28, 2023
Simon Christiansen
I never thought of the knight being an anti-queen before now.
Apr 27, 2023 at 3:18pmWeb
Show threadseebsApr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729
This is a long shot, but do you happen to know the name/author of the book you found that in? It looks a lot like a chess book I read 35 years ago and wanted to look up again.
Show threadSimon ChristiansenApr 27, 2023
@seebs https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter113.html
Chess Notes by Edward Winter

Show threadEnron HubbardApr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729 YESSSS. Enough of this “horse moves in an L-shape” tomfoolery. This is the right way to think about knights.
Show threadGorgeous na Shock!Apr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729 Is there a modern Chess set where the queen is a bomber and the knight is AA artillery?
Show threadex0du5Apr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729 @acousticmirror I want to play with the anti queen now.
Show thread(((o))) Acoustic MirrorApr 27, 2023

@ex0du5 That would be a new piece. Queen + horsey. Something like an Amazon on horseback, or a female centaur. Hang on, turns out they're called Centaurides:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurides

@simonchris1729

Centaurides - Wikipedia

Show threadEric MatthesApr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729 Yes! A nice way to think about this is the knight is the only piece that can attack the queen, without the possibility of being taken by the queen.
Show threadXaiaX ̆̈‏Apr 27, 2023

@simonchris1729 @mcc ah yes, the opposite of a Queen. A Neeuq, if you will, hence the notation for it being N.

Makes perfect sense. 🤔

Show threadCasey Watts! (he/him) 🌈🫧Apr 27, 2023

Whoa

cc @derek

Show threadDale EmeryApr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729 @sf105 Just two days ago I did an exercise (from a Yasser Sierawan book) where the board has only a queen and a knight, and the goal is to capture the knight with the queen.
Show threadMark AndersonApr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729 Yeah I loved it when it was first explained to me - the knights weirdness makes so much more sense - it's the only piece that can threaten the queen without also being threatened itself. And why it works so well with the queen to get checkmates.
Show threadשי ברגר   Shai BergerApr 27, 2023

@simonchris1729
By similar logic (at distance 1) the Rook and Bishop are also each other's "dual" or "anti-piece", which makes the whole thing nicely symmetric and whole.

Kings and pawns stay special.

@carlton

Show threadroyalApr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729 The Queen's assassin
Show threadeena meena meApr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729 this is extremely cool
Show threadEmmanuel ClementApr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729
FANTASTIC. What book is this?
Show threadskategoat 🐐 🇵🇸Apr 27, 2023
@simonchris1729 "if you subtract the queen from the board..."
Show threadStellarator 🏳️‍🌈🌮Apr 28, 2023
@simonchris1729 Mind blown.
Show threadJohannes Silverfox 🦊Apr 28, 2023
@simonchris1729 This also allows the knight to fork any other piece or pawn except for another knight.