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Bob Greenwade wrote on Tue, Jan 23, 2024 07:35 PM UTC:

189. Aardvark. After all the confusion caused with the preceding four pieces, I decided to go with something (mostly) original today.

Basically, there's been some discussion lately on good names for the Bishop-Dabbaba and Rook-Alfil compounds. Jean-Louis came up with the Badger for the BD, which I thought was brilliant, but the RA has been more of a challenge. I just thought to reverse the letters, and what came to mind first was the Aardvark. (RA)

Of course, Aardvark begins with a double A, so it may seem more logical to make it a Rook with Alfilrider. There's nothing wrong with that, and if it catches on with that move I'll just think of something else for AR (or let someone else do so).

The piece is basically the same as I used for the Anteater* (way back as #3, though it now looks like this), but with a shorter snout.

*Aardvarks are often mistakently thought of as anteaters, in large part because they do eat ants, but they're actually part of a completely different order of mammals. Also, having now seen side-by-side pictures of members of both groups of animal, I may want to switch the pieces' heads.


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