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Piececlopedia: Contragrasshopper
Historical notes
The contragrasshopper is a less well-known fairy chess piece. I know of
no games
that use it. Torsten Linss has a problem
using the contrgrasshopper.
The contragrasshopper is, of course, derived from his more famous fairy
cousin, the grasshopper.
Movement
The contragrasshopper moves and captures along queen lines (orthogonally
or diagonally), but first it must leap over a piece, friendly or enemy,
that is on a square adjacent to it in the direction it is moving. It
can not jump over a second piece, but can move any distance past the
piece it jumps over as long as its path is unobstructed.
Movement diagram
In the diagram below, the contragrasshopper can move to all the squares
marked with
a black circle. He can also capture the Black queen on h8.
This is an item in the Piececlopedia: an overview of
different (fairy) chess pieces.
Written by Ben Good.
WWW page created: January 15, 1999.
Last modified: Monday, December 22, 2008
