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Vyrémorn Chess. Large variant on two overlapping square boards. (Cells: 132) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Reinhard Scharnagl wrote on Sat, May 3, 2008 05:54 PM UTC:
George Duke wrote: ... RN and BN should ideally be called Champion and Centaur, because P. Carrera made them around year 1617. ...

Well, despite of avoiding christian influenced names like Archbishop, I suggested Centaur for RN (to remember Carrera) and Archangel (also existing in Jewish and Islamic contexts) for BN. This is done that way for to also preserve the well established abbreviations A and C.