George Duke wrote on Mon, Sep 20, 2004 08:16 PM UTC:
Commented lately under Sissa, Rose and Jetan (Larry Smith on
Burroughs')are chess pieces with two or more (multiple)
paths per square destination. No one has previously grouped the type
together just as logically as say 'Leapers'. Jetan's five such
piece-types originate by 1920s. Renaissance Chess' Duke and Cavalier
arise in 1980. Falcon from Falcon Chess is documented from December 1992
and patent applied for 1996. Sissa, the half-Rook half-Bishop, hails from
1998, about the time Betza experiments with Rose and Half-Rose. In
addition to Warrior and Padwar, as Paulowich points out the simplest
multiple-path chess pieces, Jetan has Thoat, Dwar and Chieftain also meeting
criteria fitting the bill. Thoat moves one straight, one diagonal, either order
and any direction. Besides its TWO-WAY Wazir squares, of interest non-jumping
Thoat goes to 'Knight' squares two different ways, following the move
definition. With the five Jetan chess pieces--Dwar and Chieftain still to
be explicated--added to the six previous above, eleven(11)
multiple-route movers so far.