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Bodyguard Chess. A 9x9 variant, with a Bodyguard and two Kwaggas per side (zrf available).[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝M Winther wrote on Sun, Nov 26, 2006 06:05 PM UTC:
David, I don't know, but I think not, because the Kwagga cannot gain
tempo. This it has in common with the knight. It is easy for a bishop to
gain tempo (or lose a move, if you will), and this is why bishop and
knight can give mate, together with a king. However, a Kwagga cannot
possibly give mate together with a bishop if the Kwagga moves on the same
square colour as a bishop(?). 

By the way, I have now implemented Kwaggas as second variant in Mastodon
Chess (10x10).
http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/mastodon.htm
In this way one can compare the Kwagga's properties with the knight's,
and see how it affects the game. /Mats