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Bob Greenwade wrote on Sat, Sep 9, 2023 02:08 PM UTC:

54. Exorcist. and 55. Tax Collector. This weekend's pair represent my experiment with doubly-bent sliders. I'm not sure about the Betza here, as I'm still very much in the learning phase for the more complex moves; hopefully H.G. will correct my mistakes (or tell me I somehow got it right!).

The Exorcist moves one space diagonally, then may continue one space away orthogonally, and may proceed from there sliding diagonally in the original direction. (FafsFafsyafF) [F?fsW?fzB]

The Tax Collector (as you've probably guessed) starts by moving one space orthogonally, then may continue one space diagonally away, and may proceed from there sliding orthogonally in the original direction. (WafsWafsyafW) [W?fsF?fzR]

Of course there's not much difference between these and the Gryffon/Rhinoceros pair; this pair merely rotates the first squares of the moves. Even so, I can imagine someone coming up with a way to make "super" versions of these that can turn either way for the long slide, giving possible four lanes of diagonal or orthogonal movement in each direction instead of just two. And either could be combined with a Bishop, Rook, Camel, Alibaba, etc. And what would one call a Gryffon/Exorcist or a Rhinoceros/Tax Collector? Or even a merging of these two pieces?

I'm also thinking about pieces that move two or three spaces before a single or double bend.

The piece designs here are, I admit, quite cheesy, and I'm not sure the box on the Tax Collector properly "reads" as a briefcase. Still, they're pretty easy to recognize at a glance for what they are.


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