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Christine Bagley-Jones wrote on Tue, Dec 13, 2005 03:54 PM UTC:
how would you describe, if possible, these group of leapers in one sentence
(or two if need be)
Tripper (3,3) leaper
Commuter (4,4) leaper
Threeleaper (0,3) leaper
Fourleaper (0,4) leaper
Flamingo (1,6) leaper
Antelope (3,4) leaper
Root-fifty leaper (5,5) + (1,7) leaper
Lancer (2,4) leaper
Fiveleaper (0,5) + (3,4) leaper

Jared McComb wrote on Tue, Dec 13, 2005 06:12 PM UTC:
Extremely awkward.  The Tripper, Commuter, Threeleaper, and Fourleaper (and
Lancer, to a lesser extent) are all bound to a small subset of squares on
any size board, and the remaining pieces can be difficult to utilize well
due to their large and inflexible movement patterns.

This is my opinion, of course.

Christine Bagley-Jones wrote on Sun, Dec 18, 2005 04:20 AM UTC:
and that is a pretty accurate opinion i think too he he. yes, 'extremely awkward' is a good description also, and in 2 words! I was wondering if some of them were categorized as anything in particular, offically like, because believe it or not, i have a game with these leapers, and i'm trying to work out how to describe. Your description is the best i've got in mind now at the moment lol. You know, i just thought of another word, that could be good too, 'unorthodox'. Would that be right too? below is edit ..

I just noticed actually, everything you said after 'extremely awkward' could be used to describe these pieces. Anyway, i was just wondering if they were, as i said earlier, 'categorized' as something etc etc


David Paulowich wrote on Sun, Dec 18, 2005 02:34 PM UTC:
These leapers have some merit in combination with less awkward pieces. 
Ralph Betza's 'Half-Duck' combines (0,3) and (0,2) leapers with a (1,1)
Ferz.  This piece is called the 'Lion' in Greg Strong's Opulent Chess
and a couple of my variants.  Back in the previous century I invented the
'Unicorn', which can [1] move like a Knight or [2] move like a Knight to
an empty square and continue with another Knight leap to a location three
squares away diagonally.  Thus it's move includes a (3,3) leaper WHICH
CAN BE BLOCKED.  Replacing Knights with Unicorns in FIDE chess yields the
following Fool's Mate:  1.Uc3 c5? 2. Ub4 mate! (Black cannot block both
c7 and d6).  Later on I decided to use the name Unicorn for another piece.

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