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Greg: You have a good point. Betza said the same thing; short-range pieces with more forward movement than backward movement are more aggressive and will discourage drawish play.

Here is one possible notation for some short range pieces:

A B C D E
F G H I K
L M . N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y

Using this notation, a Knight is a BDFKPTVX, a wazir is a HMNR, a ferz is a GIQS, and a Betza's 'crab' is a BDPT.

There are about 16 million possible pieces using this notation.

- Sam