The Piece Tag

Description

Parent tag for noting a specific type of piece in a game

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Children

• Piece: Advancer - Moves like a Queen, but captures by approach
• Piece: Alfil - Games that include the 2-2 leaper
• Piece: Alibaba - Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally; sometimes called Spider
• Piece: Amazon - For games featuring the compund piece of Queen and Knight
• Piece: Amazonrider - A combination piece of Queen and Nightrider
• Piece: Archbishop - Includes the Bishop/Knight compound commonly known as an Archbishop
• Piece: Archchancellor - A triple combination piece consisting of Rook, Knight, and Ferz
• Piece: Aurochs - Combines the moves of Knight and Giraffe: (1,2)(1,4)
• Piece: Banshee - Games with the compound piece of Bishop and Nightrider commonly known as Banshee, or Unicorn
• Piece: Berolina Pawn - Pawn variant that takes straight and moves diagonally forward
• Piece: Bishop - For games with the Bishop of FIDE Chess or a piece with the same moves
• Piece: Bodyguard - Moves up to two spaces; adjacent spaces are a stop zone.
• Piece: Boyscout - A piece that takes alternating Wazir moves in a zig-zag pattern
• Piece: Caliph - Moves like Bishop or Camel; also called Flying Dragon
• Piece: Camel - A colourbound leaper, having a large Knights move, (1,3)-leaper.
• Piece: Cannon - For games with the Cannon (Pao) from Xiangqi
• Piece: Centaur - Includes the Knight/King compound known as a Centaur
• Piece: Champion - Moves one orthogonally or jumps two orthogonally or diagonally
• Piece: Chancellor - Includes the Rook/Knight compound commonly known as a Chancellor
• Piece: Crown Princess - A triple compound piece of Bishop, Knight, and Wazir
• Piece: Dabbaba - Historical piece leaping two squares horizontally or vertically.
• Piece: Debtor - A piece with Knight and Dabbaba moves in six directions
• Piece: Dragon Horse - Games that include the Dragon Horse from Shogi, which moves as a Bishop or a King
• Piece: Dragon King - Games that include the Dragon King from Shogi, which moves as a Rook or a King.
• Piece: Dullahan - For games with the compound piece of Ferz and Knight also known as Prince or Priest
• Piece: FAD - Moves one diagonally or jumps two orthogonally or diagonally
• Piece: Ferz - Games that include the 1-1 leaper known as the Ferz
• Piece: Fibnif - A piece that moves as a Ferz or as a vertical Knight
• Piece: Flying Goose - A piece that moves forward like a King and backward like a Wazir.
• Piece: Friend - The Friend moves like any allied piece that guards it.
• Piece: Frog - The Frog is a combined leaper consisting of Ferz and Threeleaper
• Piece: Giraffe - Makes (1,4)-jump
• Piece: Girlscout - A piece that make consecutive orthogonal steps on a zig-zag path.
• Piece: Gnu - Makes (1-2)-jump or (1-3)-jump
• Piece: Grasshopper
• Piece: Griffon - Historic piece that steps one space diagonally then slides like a Rook
• Piece: Guardian - Omnidirectional Berolina Pawn
• Piece: Half Duck - A piece that moves as Fers, Dabbaba, or leaps 3 squares orthogonally
• Piece: High Priestess - Moves like a Knight, Alfil and Fers.
• Piece: Immobilizer - Pieces standing near an immobilizer may not move
• Piece: King - Games with a classical chess king
• Piece: Kirin - Compound of a Ferz and Dabbaba
• Piece: Knave - A piece with Knight and Dabbaba moves in six directions
• Piece: Knight - Games with the Knight in them
• Piece: Leeloo - The compound piece of Quintessence and Rook
• Piece: Lioness - A combination piece of Man and Squirrel
• Piece: Man - Games with a non-royal piece moving like a King
• Piece: Manticore - Moves one space orthogonally, then slides outward as a Bishop
• Piece: Marquis - For games with the compound piece of Wazir and Knight, also known as Emperor
• Piece: Minister - A piece combining the moves of Wazir, Knight, and Dabbaba.
• Piece: Modern Elephant - Games with the compound of Ferz and Alfil
• Piece: Nightrider - Makes a Knight leap, and can make additional leaps in the same direction
• Piece: Okapi - The piece that combines the moves of a Knight and a Zebra
• Piece: Pawn - Parent tag for different kind of pawns
• Piece: Pawn: Quick - Pawns that have double moves anywhere on the board
• Piece: Pawn: Shatranj - For games with the original Shatranj Pawn
• Piece: Pawn: Shogi - For games with the Shogi Pawn
• Piece: Pawn: Snake - The Snake moves and captures as a forward Ferz and moves only as a forward Knight
• Piece: Pawn: Western - For games with standard Chess Pawns
• Piece: Pawn: Xiangqi - For games with the Xiangqi Pawn.
• Piece: Pegasus - A combined piece of Giraffe and Zebra
• Piece: Pentere - The compound piece of Quintessence and Queen
• Piece: Phoenix - For games with the Phoenix piece, a compound of Wazir and Alfil
• Piece: Priestess - Moves like a Knight and Alfil.
• Piece: Prince - The Prince moves one space diagonally, or leaps like a Knight
• Piece: Queen - For games with the standard Chess Queen or a piece with the same moves
• Piece: Quintessence - The Quintessence is a crooked Nightrider moving along Camelrider lines
• Piece: Roc - A combined piece with the moves of Alfil and Camel
• Piece: Rook - Games with the Rook in it
• Piece: Rose - Can make consecutive knight moves in a circle
• Piece: Sai - The compound piece of Quintessence and Bishop
• Piece: Short Rook - A piece that moves like a Rook restricted to four steps
• Piece: Sorcerer - Moves to an orthogonally adjacent space, or leaps (2,3) like a Zebra.
• Piece: Squirrel - Games containing the Squirrel piece, a compound of Dabbaba, Knight, and Alfil
• Piece: Steward - Omni‐Directional Pawn
• Piece: Templar - A combined piece with the moves of Dabbaba and Knight
• Piece: Teutonic Knight - A triple compound leaper consisting of Wazir, Knight, and Camel
• Piece: Vao - For games containing the Vao piece, the diagonal counterpart of the Cannon
• Piece: Vuivre - A combination piece of Squirrel and Camel
• Piece: Waran - A combined piece of Rook and Nightrider
• Piece: Wazir - Moves one square orthogonally
• Piece: Withdrawer - Takes by moving away
• Piece: Wizard - Moves one diagonally or makes (1,3)-jump
• Piece: Woody Rook - The compound piece of Wazir and Dabbaba
• Piece: Wyvern - A triple combined leaper moving as Ibis, Stag, or Tripper
• Piece: Zebra - For games with a (3,2) leaper, commonly named Zebra