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Compound Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Sergeant pawns & armies of compound pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Tue, Dec 26, 2023 10:01 AM UTC:

@Kevin: if I could comment and propose few suggestions about the name of the pieces:

  • Bishop-Dabbaba: Bibaba (or Bibbaba, or Bidabba) (I never liked Bede, but maybe some do)

  • Rook-Alfil: Rukfil (or Rukhfil, to link with some Oriental roots)

  • the mighty Queen-Alfil-Dabbaba: Begum

  • Knight-Pawn: yes called Dragon by problemists long time ago, and as such in the Piececlopedia. Interestingly, Derzhanski had proposed Drake (in https://www.chessvariants.com/piececlopedia.dir/whos-who-on-8x8.html) to distinguish from many other Dragons which dwell the chessvariant realm.

  • Centaur, Sergeant : good