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@ Bob Greenwade[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Feb 18, 2024 06:30 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 09:29 AM:

So these new shorthands are mainly intended for use in the bracket notation, I would not recommend writing the Squirrel as NS or the Lion as KNS.

I do it anyway. It still works. And as prone as I am to challenge file-size limits, every little bit helps. :)

Indeed, 'Spider' would be a very fitting alternative name for the Alibaba. So AD = S = Spider and GH = T = Tarantula.

That sounds good to me!

The Tarantula would probably be mainly a problemist's piece, or something to use in something like Dealer's Chess, though of course it can be a handy compound (as with the Troll).

Trilby.

Well, I've created a piece named for a piece of furniture (Gerfod -- though that's also my own invention), so why not a piece named for a hat? Still, I like Tarantula better.