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Graeme, you are absolutely right. Your Marauder certainly has the key
elements of the knight replacements I proposed. It's a lame multipath
knightrider, and could be considered a third candidate for next most
logical piece. [evil grin!] But my piece is more in keeping with the
history - it's overpowered, where yours really isn't. The range beyond a
standard knight's 2 squares is compensated by the combination of lameness
and knight-move destinations only, in your piece. With my pieces, the
initial knight's move is the same, but the extensions are bishop or rook,
both of whom bear on more squares than a knight. Another piece these
knights are related to is Carlos Cetina's sissa, although more
distantly. Now, the sissa is a real butt-kicker, and it also started off
as a knight replacement, though it combines the moves of bishop and rook.