Wordy Wednesday 64: Chess Words 2

WORDY WEDNESDAY #62

IT'S A SMALL CROSSWORD (answer)

It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the puzzle, or here for a hint. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bo Green **
Bryce Herdt **
gpaolopasco **
Izak Bulten **
Jack Lance *
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #63

FRAMELINKS 3 (hint)

As of this writing, 10 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #64

CHESS WORDS 2

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Eight 8-letter words are scrambled on the chessboard. Each chess piece starts on the first letter of one of the words, and can be moved across the board via standard chess moves to spell the rest of the word. Every square is used exactly once. The chess pieces move as follows:
King: one space in any of the eight directions
Rook: any number of spaces in a horizontal or vertical direction
Bishop: any number of spaces in a diagonal direction
Queen: any number of spaces in any of the eight directions
Knight: two spaces in a horizontal or vertical direction and then one space in a perpendicular direction

Arrange the letters in the 8 starred blanks to form the final answer word.

         Queen: O  __ __ __ __ __ __ __          King: P  __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                d1                **                   e1                ** 
Queen's Bishop: N  __ __ __ __ __ __ __ King's Bishop: Q  __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                c1                **                   f1             **    
Queen's Knight: M  __ __ __ __ __ __ __ King's Knight: R  __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                b1                   **                g1             **    
  Queen's Rook: L  __ __ __ __ __ __ __   King's Rook: S  __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                a1                **                   h1                   **

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 5 letter word for "Physicist Schrödinger"?
* Patron Puzzle #4, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is a 21x21 Framelinks. The rules are the same as in last week's puzzle; the grid's simply bigger. There are 133 letters waiting to be put in the correct spots to spell 77 words.

Until next time, yappy solving!