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Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Tue, Apr 13, 2021 07:39 PM UTC:

Does anyone know games which are using Alfil/Dabbaba/Threeleaper/Tripper. Musketeer Chess has it as an Hawk. Is there other games, and how they call this piece?


Greg Strong wrote on Tue, Apr 13, 2021 07:52 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 07:39 PM:

I don't know of anything else using this piece. Team-Mate Chess uses a "Mortar" which has AG moves, but not DH. That is the closest I know of.


Jörg Knappen wrote on Wed, Apr 14, 2021 09:34 AM UTC:

Despite the nice geometric move pattern this piece seems to be unemployed before Musketeer Chess. I can understand why: It creates triple forward forks into the rank behind the pawn line and is a very dangerous attacking piece. Creating a playable game with this piece is definitely a challenge (I haven't examined Musketeer Chess in this respect).


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Wed, Apr 14, 2021 07:04 PM UTC in reply to Jörg Knappen from 09:34 AM:

This is true.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Wed, Apr 14, 2021 07:27 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 07:04 PM:

Well, although I'm not sure it is so bad if the board is large enough.


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