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Charles Gilman wrote on Thu, Apr 5, 2012 05:51 AM UTC:
After much thought I now believe that I can make a major concession. I
recall how much stick I got for clinging on to Ibis for the 8:1 leaper
when problematists use it for the 5:1 one. Perhaps it is because both
pieces are simple symmetric oblique leapers and confusion is a real
possibility. I have devised a series of renamings that will eliminate my
usage of Ibis - but first I must remove the piece from this variant.
	Now replacing it with another piece and naming that Ibis would not
help as it would preserve the conflict, so that means having no piece
called Ibis at all, in either this variant or Man and Beast. The ancient
Egyptians did have frog-headed and lion-headed deities, but as those tended
to be minor I decided to remove the Ibis without replacement and give both
kinds of army the same number of pieces. To make up for the blockability
of the Falcon and Jackal I will give the reduced Egyptian army the first
move. I have decided to make a virtue of necessity and redesign the board
without considering the needs of the Ibis piece. This also gives me the
opportunity to (a) simplfy the board and remove concavities and (b)
distance it further from Falcon Chess by having no dimension exceeding 9.
	I will keep everyone informed over the next few days as I progress
through the changes, starting here.

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