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Diverse Directions. A Systematic Set of Names for Symmetric Pieces combining Radial and Oblique Moves.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Tue, Apr 11, 2006 07:24 AM UTC:
As I included Ace and Acme for compounds where the radial part is itself a compound of duals, I wondered about doing the same with the oblique part. As this is limited to the 2d pairs of duals and the single 3d pair Ninja+Nimel I could make use of the single letter unifying the forward-only pieces. As the Rook is (among other things) a bird, the Bishop a man, and the Queen a woman I suggest Rook+Gnu=HERON, Bishop+Gnu=HERO, Queen+Gnu=HEROINE. The corresponding compounds substituting Zebu for Gnu would be Seron/Sero/Seroine, those substituting Guru Beron/Bero/Beroine, and so on. What's everyone's reaction to that?