Daniil Frolov wrote on Thu, Jan 2, 2014 11:11 AM UTC:
Have anybody ever noticed that cannon (in some sense) is also some kind of
piece, wich starts move as one, and continues as another?
True rider of grasshoper's move would make several hops over several
pieces in same direction, while cannon starts as grasshoper (orthogonal, in
case of cassic cannon) and continue as rook.