Edward Webb wrote on Wed, Jun 29, 2022 09:04 PM UTC:
The kanji for 'Hawk' (鷹) in the piece Lion Hawk is the same as used for 'Falcon' in the Horned Falcon; while the 'Eagle' (鷲) appears in both the Soaring Eagle and the Free Eagle.
I am curious if the historical moves of the Lion Hawk and Free Eagle are not just Lion + Bishop and Queen + double-move Ferz respectively.
Could the Lion Hawk and Free Eagle instead have moved as Lion + Horned Falcon and Queen + Soaring Eagle respectively?
The Lion Hawk would be more powerful, able to move as a Lion and slide as a Queen except vertically forwards.
The Free Eagle would be slightly less powerful, moving as a Queen with the added Lion power covering two spaces each on the forward diagonals.
This could be the reference that the Free Eagle could move twice as a 'Cat Sword' (Ferz) in the Shōgi Zushiki and Sho Shōgi Zushiki, perhaps created from ambiguity in how the move is described.
The kanji for 'Hawk' (鷹) in the piece Lion Hawk is the same as used for 'Falcon' in the Horned Falcon; while the 'Eagle' (鷲) appears in both the Soaring Eagle and the Free Eagle.
I am curious if the historical moves of the Lion Hawk and Free Eagle are not just Lion + Bishop and Queen + double-move Ferz respectively.
Could the Lion Hawk and Free Eagle instead have moved as Lion + Horned Falcon and Queen + Soaring Eagle respectively?
The Lion Hawk would be more powerful, able to move as a Lion and slide as a Queen except vertically forwards.
The Free Eagle would be slightly less powerful, moving as a Queen with the added Lion power covering two spaces each on the forward diagonals.
This could be the reference that the Free Eagle could move twice as a 'Cat Sword' (Ferz) in the Shōgi Zushiki and Sho Shōgi Zushiki, perhaps created from ambiguity in how the move is described.