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Squirrel. Jumps two orthogonally, two diagonally, or like a knight.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
David Lichtenstein wrote on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 03:34 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
In Ralph Betza's cspigs chess, this piece is worth six points.  I'm not
entirely sure that it is more powerful than a rook.  It can cut off large
swaths of board (effectively preventing a king from entering a collumn or
row), but I haven't played with it enough to be sure it is worth the six
points.

For instance, if the opponent's 'King' was a royal knight rather than
a
royal commoner, the Squirrel would be somewhat less effective than a rook
in the endgame, wouldn't it?