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@ Bob Greenwade[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Bob Greenwade wrote on Tue, Oct 3, 2023 02:30 PM UTC:

78. Moonrider. I only recently discovered this piece, created by Mark Hedden for his variant Ganymede Chess. It's an extension of the Nightrider, adding a Zebra's (2,3) leap to its reportoire. (NNZ)

In Ganymede, the Nightrider promotes to Moonrider by making a capture, but to my mind it could also be part of the starting army in a high-powered, big-board game.

I'm not sure why adding a Zebra move turns a Nightrider into a Moonrider, so I probably won't be adding that crescent to many (if any) other pieces.