CHESMAYNE

Midi: Perdido

 

Camel - Standard Bearer

01 The SB (Standard Bearer) is the Chesmayne equivalent for this MP.   The SB moves in a 3 x 1 manner just like the traditional KT.   Used on the 10 x 10 and larger boards. 

‘A camel is a horse designed by a committee’. 

 

02 The one-humped camel, or dromedary.   There is also the draught animal (Bible: KIs) and the racing camel (Isaiah).   Mohammed had a camel called ‘Al Kaswa’.   The mosque at Koba marks the spot where the camel knelt (considered a sign sent from God).   North Africa: symbol of sobriety, willfulness and arrogance.   Christianity: symbol of humility and obedience.  This name is used for the BS in Mongolia and Tibet.  A camel carried Rebekah to her wedding feast with Isaac as mentioned in Genesis 24:64. 

 

Piececlopedia: Camel

Historical notes

The Camel is a piece that dates back at least to Tamerlane Chess.   The piece is used in many more modern chess variants as well (see below for a complete listing).   The piece is still known under this name by composers of fairy chess problems.  

  

Movement

The camel is a (1,3)-jumper.  This means that it reaches its destination square/cell by moving either three cells horizontally and one vertically, or one square horizontally and three vertically.   The camel is a jumping piece, meaning it can move to its destination cell whether the intervening cells are occupied or not.   If the destination cell is occupied by an enemy piece, then it captures that piece.  

Movement diagram

Games

The camel is used in the following games……. 

• Tamerlane Chess. 
• John William Brown’s Centennial Chess. 
• John William Brown’s Millennial Chess. 
• Adrian King’s Jupiter, in which it also promotes. 
• Mideast Chess, where it is called the chevalier. 
• Uri Bruck’s Nahbi Chess. 
• Tom Hartley’s Napoleonic Chess, where it is called light calvary.  

                         

Right: Camel Crossing - Stuart Highway, Northern Territory (Australia).