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Vao. moves like bishop but must jump when taking.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Tue, Aug 3, 2004 07:26 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
The rating is mainly for coming up with a meaningful name, which works in English and Chinese, for this piece. Can you think of any similarly suitable, perhaps again weapons based, name for the Leo? It occurred to me that Tank would combine the power of a cannon with the mobility of a bow and arrow, but it might be very cumbersome in Chinese characters. My reason for asking is that I am considering a hybrid of Wildebeest Chess and Eurasian Chess. It would seem logical that such a variant, having Rook and Bishop and their compound, and Knight and Camel and their compound, should also have Cannon and Arrow and their compound.