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Griffon. Historic piece that steps one space diagonally then slides like a Rook.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Anonymous wrote on Tue, Jul 23, 2002 02:09 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

I think there should be a remark on spelling, the word griffin (my
prefferred spelling) occurs on www.chessvariants.com as griffin, griffon,

gryphon or even gryphion (and probably other variations as well). Grffins
and hippogriffs also occur in Mark heedens Io chess, the griffin is also
in
Ganymede chess and Europan chess.

Mark Heddens hippogriff is Griffin + Rook (a Reaper in Ralph Betza's
tripunch chess) -- so different from the hippogriff described here.

A last note: The griffin is also a heraldic animal, and artist (making
chess fonts or variant chess set) may want to look at
http://home.planet.nl/~artrako/Algemeen/Grijpvogels-EN.html -- nice
griffin art.

--J'org Knappen