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Leo. Moves on queen lines, but must jump once when taking.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Wed, Feb 5, 2003 12:47 AM UTC:
Hans, What is your source for saying that the Leo 'was invented in 1936 by Dr. P. Seyfert'? The only source I have on the subject, Dickins' A Guide to Fairy Chess, says of the Leo, Vao, and Pao, 'They were introduced by T. R. Dawson from Chinese Chess, probably before 1914' (11).