I would like to stay with falcon. It is the most logical name for a flying piece in chess, since falcons are the birds of kings in many cultures and stand for aggressivity, dynamics and speed. Hawk or eagle would be alternatives, but they are not as precise.
Another cuddly option would be terror bird (t-bird). Could not fly and was - according to recent discoveries - probably plant eater. Like the bison.
@Bn Em
Dukes spec/patent settles clearly for a 8x10 board, a non-leaping falcon and a rnbfqkfbnr setup. He mentioned a 10x10 board as one of a bunch of variation possibilities, probably to broaden the claim his patent covered, along with chinese pawns and the giraffe piece. But that's not a spec. That's simply numbering a list of items. Or to put it another way: You can't list a number of chords and claim copyright for every song that's written with this chords.
A commonality of both specs is to minimize the necessary rule adjustments compared to classical chess and to extend the b, n, r line with the next logical piece. However, in both cases he came to different conclusions than I did.
@Fergus Duniho
I would like to stay with falcon. It is the most logical name for a flying piece in chess, since falcons are the birds of kings in many cultures and stand for aggressivity, dynamics and speed. Hawk or eagle would be alternatives, but they are not as precise.
Another cuddly option would be terror bird (t-bird). Could not fly and was - according to recent discoveries - probably plant eater. Like the bison.
@Bn Em
Dukes spec/patent settles clearly for a 8x10 board, a non-leaping falcon and a rnbfqkfbnr setup. He mentioned a 10x10 board as one of a bunch of variation possibilities, probably to broaden the claim his patent covered, along with chinese pawns and the giraffe piece. But that's not a spec. That's simply numbering a list of items. Or to put it another way: You can't list a number of chords and claim copyright for every song that's written with this chords.
A commonality of both specs is to minimize the necessary rule adjustments compared to classical chess and to extend the b, n, r line with the next logical piece. However, in both cases he came to different conclusions than I did.
Btw, https://www.chessvariants.com/piececlopedia.dir/bison.html tells us that the bison was used as early as 1974.