The Piece Tag

Description

Parent tag for noting a specific type of piece in a game

Parents

None.

Children

• Piece: Advancer - Moves like a Queen, but captures by approach
• Piece: Alfil - Games that include the 2-2 leaper
• Piece: Alibaba - Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally; sometimes called Spider
• Piece: Amazon - For games featuring the compund piece of Queen and Knight
• Piece: Archbishop - Includes the Bishop/Knight compound commonly known as an Archbishop
• Piece: Aurochs - Combines the moves of Knight and Giraffe: (1,2)(1,4)
• Piece: Banshee - Games with the compound piece of Bishop and Nightrider commonly known as Banshee, or Unicorn
• Piece: Berolina Pawn - Pawn variant that takes straight and moves diagonally forward
• Piece: Bodyguard - Moves up to two spaces; adjacent spaces are a stop zone.
• Piece: Caliph - Moves like Bishop or Camel; also called Flying Dragon
• Piece: Camel
• Piece: Cannon
• Piece: Centaur - Includes the Knight/King compound known as a Centaur
• Piece: Champion - Moves one orthogonally or jumps two orthogonally or diagonally
• Piece: Chancellor - Includes the Rook/Knight compound commonly known as a Chancellor
• Piece: Dabbaba - Historical piece leaping two squares horizontally or vertically.
• Piece: Dragon Horse - Games that include the Dragon Horse from Shogi, which moves as a Bishop or a King
• Piece: Dragon King - Games that include the Dragon King from Shogi, which moves as a Rook or a King.
• Piece: Dullahan - For games with the compound piece of Ferz and Knight also known as Prince or Priest
• Piece: FAD - Moves one diagonally or jumps two orthogonally or diagonally
• Piece: Ferz - Games that include the 1-1 leaper known as the Ferz
• Piece: Friend - The Friend moves like any allied piece that guards it.
• Piece: Giraffe - Makes (1,4)-jump
• Piece: Gnu - Makes (1-2)-jump or (1-3)-jump
• Piece: Grasshopper
• Piece: Griffon - Historic piece that steps one space diagonally then slides like a Rook
• Piece: Guardian - Omnidirectional Berolina Pawn
• Piece: Immobilizer - Pieces standing near an immobilizer may not move
• Piece: Kirin - Compound of a Ferz and Dabbaba
• Piece: Knight - Games with the Knight in them
• Piece: Man - Games with a non-royal piece moving like a King
• Piece: Manticore - Moves one space orthogonally, then slides outward as a Bishop
• Piece: Marquis - For games with the compound piece of Wazir and Knight, also known as Emperor
• Piece: Modern Elephant - Games with the compound of Ferz and Alfil
• Piece: Nightrider - Makes a Knight leap, and can make additional leaps in the same direction
• Piece: Okapi - The piece that combines the moves of a Knight and a Zebra
• Piece: Phoenix - For games with the Phoenix piece, a compound of Wazir and Alfil
• Piece: Prince - The Prince moves one space diagonally, or leaps like a Knight
• Piece: Quintessence
• Piece: Rook - Games with the Rook in it
• Piece: Rose - Can make consecutive knight moves in a circle
• Piece: Sorcerer - Moves to an orthogonally adjacent space, or leaps (2,3) like a Zebra.
• Piece: Squirrel - Games containing the Squirrel piece, a compound of Dabbaba, Knight, and Alfil
• Piece: Steward - Omni‐Directional Pawn
• Piece: Vao - For games containing the Vao piece, the diagonal counterpart of the Cannon
• Piece: Wazir - Moves one square orthogonally
• Piece: Withdrawer - Takes by moving away
• Piece: Wizard - Moves one diagonally or makes (1,3)-jump
• Piece: Zebra - For games with a (3,2) leaper, commonly named Zebra