[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ][ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ][ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]Single Comment 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".
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".