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Hit and Run Chess. After the first move, players may move 1 piece twice or two pieces once, capturing only on any piece's first move.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Dec 31, 2020 03:34 PM UTC in reply to Stephen Howell from 09:04 AM:

As for the names, it was originally dubbed RuneChess, but that was simply because I ran a BBS by the name of RuneStone. Hit and Run Chess is the name that best describes the game. Calling it Pirate Chess sort of just happened and is a bit more enigmatic and fun. I run gaming for a local con called ShadowCon and there was a local Cosplay Pirate group, so one year I put it out as Pirate Chess and it sort of stuck.

Presenting alternative names this way is not very useful: people would never find the article when looking for the alternative name. I think it would be better to just use Hit-and-Run Chess in the title, mention the alternative names in the introduction, and ask an editor to create multiple index entries for the other two names, pointing to the article, and using "see Hit & Run Chess" as description.