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George Duke wrote on Sat, Nov 8, 2008 06:04 PM UTC:
John Smith finds  there are more possibilities for bifurcation pieces. Jeliss and 20th
Century problemists must have had nearly ten. Winther has added 40 or 50.
Like most piece-type categories, there are almost unlimited imaginative
possibilities. Only bland long-range leapers seem restricted by the board size.  That is definitely bifurcation, but it would be better with
three-path Falcon. Then sometimes player would have choice of direction of
continuation after the capture, depending on the pathway chosen to
indicate. The Falcon-Hunter version instead, as described by John Smith,  would overlap with some of Winther's already
conceived, differing only in the reverse direction.