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Vao. moves like bishop but must jump when taking.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Thu, Oct 21, 2021 09:41 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 02:33 AM:

Originally posted on Pemba, where this piece is called a Crocodile.

Dear all. Few elements of answer:

  1. this is my variant. I name the pieces as I like. Plenty of other chessvariants have names for their pieces that I don't like. I beg you to respect my choice
  2. I use the name of Crocodile for the Vao for several of my variants already published here and on my site. So, I wish to be consistent in the tree of my variants. See Zanzibar-S, Zanzibar-L, Maasai Chess, Teramachy, Gigachess II, Terachess II, etc.
  3. Saying it has no sense is wrong and upsetting. In Grant Acedrex (from 1283) there is a Crocodile, named Cocatrice to be precise in medieval Spanish but which is depicted as a crocodile in that codex. This piece plays as a modern Bishop. The diagonal move is the inspiration for the name of Crocodile in my variants. You can estimate that this reason is weak but it is not "no sense".