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Fairy Pieces Part 2. Showcasing 158 Fairy Pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jörg Knappen wrote on Tue, Nov 19, 2024 04:06 PM UTC:

Here are some rather marginal leapers.

German problemists (see https://dieschwalbe.de/lexikon.htm ) have named a few more leapers:

3,0-leaper: Dromedar "dromedary"

3,3-leaper: Gecko "gecko". Was Betza aware of this name when he choose the letter G in his funny notation for (3,3)?

5,0-leaper is unnamed, Gilman offers Quibbler for this one

5,2-leaper: Korsar "corsair"

5,0-3,0 combined leaper: Kröte "paddock" (since the more natural "toad" is already taken)

7,0-leaper: Hirsch "deer" (one may also consider "stag" here, but Cazaux uses stag for a 4,2-leaper). Gilman's name for this one is "settler".