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@ Bob Greenwade[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Bob Greenwade wrote on Wed, Jan 24, 2024 06:58 PM UTC:

190. Tiger Horse. This is another piece from Adrian King's infamous game Jupiter, and one with quite a complex move. It can move normally like a Ferz, Camel, or Squirrel. If it captures using a Knight's move, then it may move again to any orthogonal space, capturing again if there's an enemy piece there. (FANDC[cN-cmW])

The move icons show the piece's basic moves, while the blue arrows show moves that can take place after a Knight's capture.

Note: The rotary counterpart to this would be WANDHZ[cN-cmF] in XBetza. Does anyone have any name suggestions for that?

The term "tiger horse" refers to a breed of horse that, rather than striped like a tiger as the name suggests, has large, bold spots. Rather than go with accuracy, though, I decided to base the piece off the name, and use a Knight piece with stripes like a Tiger. It's distinctive from the Zebra in that the latter's stripes are straight, while these are triangular.