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This piece, unlike the Dragon from T.R. Dawson's Five Classics of Fairy Chess, is from the chess variant, DragonChess, invented in 1985 by Gary Gygax (inventor of (Advanced) Dungeons & Dragons)
As far as I am currently aware, this variant is the only variant which uses the Dragon as a functional piece.
See: rules and links for DragonChess
The Dragon can move on the top board (representing the sky) as an orthodox King (one square any direction) or an orthodox Bishop (any diagonal). It also has the ability to capture "from afar", which means it can capture the piece either directly below it (on the "Earth" board) or one square orthagonally adjacent, i.e. capturing a piece on the board below, which is one square to the left, right, forwards or backwards. Obviously, it cannot do both in one turn, nor can the dragon move onto the middle board.
Squares marked green are places a Dragon can move to, squares marked red are where a Dragon can capture, without moving.
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Created on: November 09, 2001. Last modified on: December 14, 2001.
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