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Knightmate. Win by mating the knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]If this piece is stronger (on 8x8) than the Knight or the Bishop that's perhaps another reason for calling it a Prince rather than a Commoner, but I digress. Certainly it has the 'major piece' quality of being able to Checkmate with the assistance of the same player's King. The implication of this interesting in that any piece of whose move the Prince's is a subset is also a major piece. Thus promoting a Bishop in Shogi is a big deal indeed. Note that my illustration of how the Harlequin in Commedia dell'Arte Chess is a major piece uses its one-step moves rather than any of its longer-range odd-step moves.