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Shield Bearers. A systematic set of names for pawnlike pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Oct 25, 2003 07:58 AM UTC:Evidently Michael Howe's definition of 'Pawnlike' is broader than mine. I think of a few others that come close to my limits, such as the Pawn in Glinsky's Hex Chess. That might as well still be called a Pawn as it uses something that dose not exist on the square board (a part-forward orthogonal) in place of something that does not exist on the hex board (a diagonal). The other forward-only pieces of Shogi will be dealt with in other articles but I can think of extendable names for divergent versions: Pawnrider and Workhorse.