‘Ski‐’ seems to date back at least as far as Jelliss' ’All the King's Men‘, which would seem to be a work about pieces but not an actual game (I can't seem to access it though, and fsr the link in the Alphab. Index is to https://www.chessvariants.com/link/). Idk if he got his terminology from another source himself
I knew I must have forgotten something — looks like it was indeed Tenjiku's Tetrarch
‘Ski‐’ seems to date back at least as far as Jelliss' ’All the King's Men‘, which would seem to be a work about pieces but not an actual game (I can't seem to access it though, and fsr the link in the Alphab. Index is to
https://www.chessvariants.com/link/). Idk if he got his terminology from another source himselfI knew I must have forgotten something — looks like it was indeed Tenjiku's Tetrarch