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@ Bob Greenwade[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Bob Greenwade wrote on Fri, Jul 28, 2023 05:01 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 03:16 PM:

This reminds me of the piece (or actually a family of pieces) that used to be called Rhino, before  people started to use that symbol and name for the W-then-B. This differs from your Zip by already bending after the first step. (Which is actually more regular; the path you indicate bends at every step except the first.)

It's a little like those, yes; I had similar thoughts, though really I think it's closer to [W?nNN] -- a variation on the modern Rhino. The difference from that is that the Zip's moves are strictly defined, and it can stop halfway through a Knight's leap.

It's that extra orthogonal move at the start that makes this piece distinctive. I do think that it would be an interesting piece to see running around the board.