Re: invalid covariant type / forward declaration?

Considering the following situation, is there a way to tell class White that
a Black* is actually a valid Base*? In other words can I somehow forward
declare "class Black : public Base;" in White.h and vice versa? Or am I
trying to do something very bad and clearly illegal? :)

TIA, Sybolt

// Base.h
#ifndef BASE_H
#define BASE_H
class Base {
    public:
        virtual Base *colleague(int i) const = 0;
        virtual Base *opponent(int i) const = 0;
        ....
};

// White.h
#ifndef WHITE_H
#define WHITE_H
#include "Base.h"

class White : public Base {
    public:
        White *colleague(int i) const { return White::create(i); }
        Black *opponent(int i) const { return Black::create(i); }
        static White *create(int i);
        ....
};

// Black.h
#ifndef BLACK_H
#define BLACK_H
#include "Base.h"

class Black : public Base {
    public:
        Black *colleague(int i) const { return Black::create(i); }
        White *opponent(int i) const { return White::create(i); }
        static Black *create(int i);
        ....
};