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External Link: Gaul Chess

The Gaul captures like a bishop, but makes non-capturing moves in two legs, by leaping diagonally over an intervening piece and temporarily land on the empty square immediately behind the piece. From there it slides like a rook on any of the two orthogonals in the prolonged movement direction. The Gaul's value is 3, that is, the same as a bishop or knight (preliminary estimate). The Gaul is dependent on 'screens' for moving, but as it can capture directly on the diagonals it can have a positional influence also when it's unable to make non-capturing moves. The Gaul was an early gladiator type in ancient Rome that used the weapons and equipment characteristic of the Gaul people. A Zillions program and more information is here.

External Link: http://www.two-paths.com/bg/gaulchess.htm

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By M Winther.
Web page created: 2006-10-03. Web page last updated: 2006-10-03