The following are readers' comments and ratings for the page The Piececlopedia: Rhino.
| Date | Rating | Comment |
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| 27 Oct 2001 | Excellent | This is what an encyclopedia entry should look like! Lots and lots of material, not just the bare description of the moves! I like the Rhino names better than my own ugly names. Let me introduce the Right Rhino: it moves one square as W or F, then turns right 1/8 of a turn and continues as F or W, turns 1/8 left and continues as W or F in its original direction, and so on. Obviously, the Left Rhino is similarly defined. If a Queen is turned 1/16 right, it becomes a Right Rhino; turned 1/16 left, a Left Rhino. The normal Rhino has 8 distinct paths but the first step of each path is shared by one other path, which detracts from its value; the Right/Left Rhino has 8 completely distinct paths. The conclusions presented in ideal values part 3 lead me to believe that a Right or Left Rhino should approximate Q in value. ===== One more thing: I now believe Crooked Bishop is worth perhaps as much as 1.5 Rook. ===== A single step Right Rhino should ideally be worth 1.666 Knight.
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| 18 Apr 2001 | None | This page has now been updated to indicate prior inventions. This should do unless someone subsequently discovers that T. Dawson actually invented one of these pieces in 1925. |
| 16 Apr 2001 | None | It turns out that Ralph Betza invented the Rhino, Mirror-Rhino,
and Double-Rhino in 1996!
See Confusion Chess 1b for details. The Rhino webpage will be either updated with the proper history or removed. Peter Aronson |
| 6 Apr 2001 | None | The standard Rhino piece appears to have been discovered previously. You can find it on Ed Friedlander's Exotic Chess Applet page at http://www.pathguy.com/chess/ExoticCh.htm as the cubscout. I'll update this page to reflect this once I get more information. Peter Aronson, April 6th, 2001 |
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