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Mao. Moves as knight but cannot jump.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Thu, Jun 1, 2006 07:01 AM UTC:
Perhaps it is because I am currently working on a variant combining elements of Shogi and Xiang Qi, but I have noticed another interpretation of the combination of letters 'Mao'. It could be interpreted as transliterating the Japanese for 'Horse King', in characters used (in other combinations but not together) in Shogi. A Knight move composed of two King moves, perhaps - not a bad description.