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The list below was compiled by Frank Truelove. It contains many fairy chess pieces.
Listings marked GFC refer to the book A Guide to Fairy Chess by A. Dickins. Other listings refer to the Encyclopedia of Chess Variants by Pritchard.
Aanca [Gryphon] — Grand Acedrex
Absolute Queen — Amazon Ch.
Absorber — Bogart’s Ch.. Acquires powers of captured pieces.
Achilles — Troy
Activist, Political — International
Adjutant — [between Dai Shogi and Empress Ch. II]; Camps, Grosses Konigs-spiel, Kaiserspiel, Sultan’s Game
Adjutant-General — Seven-Handed Xiangqi
Admiral — Kaiserspiel, Universal Ch.
Advancer — Royal Fury
Advancing Damate — Damate
Aeroplane — Atomic Ch., Novo-Schaakspel, Russian Ch. II, Victrix
Aircraft — Chess-Battle, Cr-isis, Universal Ch.
Airplane — Airplane Ch., Cu-bono
Alfil — Attama, Betza’s Ch., Cubic Ch. I, Escalation, GFC, Kriegsfeld Ch., Parton Ch., Talkhand’s Ch., Timur’s Cubic Ch.
Alfil-Rider — Escalation, GFC.
Alfil-Rider-Hopper — GFC.
Amazon — Amazon Ch., Empress Ch. II, GFC, Riga Ch., Shataranja, Troy
Anankova — Madagascan Ch. [Samantsy]
Angel — Angel Ch.
Anti-Aircraft — Space Hexchess
Antipawn — Allthought Ch.
Ape — Chakra, Congo
Aphrodite — Enchantment
Archbishop — Bates’ Game, Capablanca Ch., Carrera’s Ch., Chesquerque, Galactic Ch., GFC, Haffner’s [sp.?] Ch., Lillputian [sp.?] Ch., Quatrochess, Supercapablanca Ch.
Archer — Archer Ch., Falcon-Hunter Ch., Fantasy Ch., Spanish Ch.
Ares — Troy
Arms, Small — International
Army, Chief Of — Baroda Ch.
Arrow Bishop — GFC.
Arrow Pawn — Arrow Pawn Ch., GFC, Three-Man Ch.
Arrow Rook — GFC.
Artillery — Brinkmanship, Gerard Ch., Strategie, Victrix, Wehr-Schach
Artillery Colonel — Victoire
Assassin — Assassin Kriegsspiel
Asva, Cavalry, Horse — Chaturangan m
Atlantosaurus — GFC.
Atomic Bomb — Atomic Ch., GFC
Attacker — Chessball
Attendant — 2000 AD
Aviator — Aviation
Axe — Rotary
Axial — Ludus Chessunculus
Ballista — Xiangqi
Balloon — GFC.
Balloon-Hopper — GFC.
Bandersnatch — Jabberwocky Ch.
Bandmaster — Baroda Ch.
Banker —
Banner — Three-Handed Xiangqi
Bannerman — Three-Handed Xiangqi
Barrier —
Barrier Pawn — Kristensen’s Game
Bastion — Reform Ch. I, Siege d’Anvers
Basy [‘Gun’] — Madagascan Ch. [Samantsy]
Bat — Cuban Chaturang
Battery — Prussian National Ch.
Battery, Artillery —
Battleship — Cr-isis
Bear — Bear Ch., Great Ch.
Beastmaster, Beast-Master — Vincere Mori
Behique — Cuban Chaturanga
Berlin Pawn — GFC.
Berolina Pawn — Allthought Ch., GFC, Lion Ch., Tactical Ch.
Biok — Semi-Queen Ch.
Bishop —
Bishop, Arch- — See Archbishop
Bishop, Arrow — GFC.
Bishop, Cyclic — GFC.
Bishop, Demi- — GFC.
Bishop, Grand- — GFC.
Bishop, Great- — Chezz
Bishop, Reflecting — Edgehog Ch., GFC
Bishop/Rook Hunter; Falcon — GFC.
Bishop-Mover/Rook-Capturer; Schutze; Sniper — GFC.
Bishopper — GFC.
Bishroo — Thinktank Ch.
Biskni — Thinktank Ch.
Block — Lodus Chessunculus
Blockade —
Blood-Brother — Blood-Brother Ch.
Blue Queen — Neuter Queen Ch.
Boat — Cambodian, Chaturaji
Boatmen, Ship — 2,2 Chaturangan Leaper
Bomb — Bombalot, Bomb Ch., Renaissance Ch., Siege d’Anvers, Suttles Ch.
Bomb Carrier — Beirut Ch.
Bomb, Atomic — Atomic Ch., GFC
Bomber — Wehr-Schach
Bomber Unit — Space Hexchess
Borogove — Jabberwocky Ch.
Boy Scout — GFC.
Brigadier — Siege d’Anvers
Brontosaurus — GFC.
Bull — Timur’s Great Ch.
Butter — Best Decimal Butter
Butterfly — Chaos I
Butterfly, Monarch — Chaos I
Cacique Nerey — Cuban Chaturang
Cadet — GFC.
Caïssa, Queen — Game of Caïssa
Camel — Attama, Baroda Ch., Betza’s Ch., Bird’s Ch., Cavalry Ch., Decimal Oriental Ch., GFC, Great Ch., Mongolian Ch., Persian Ch. III, Quatrochess, Sava’s Game, Timur’s Great Ch., Wildebeest Ch.
Camel-Rider — Five-Rider Ch., GFC
Camel-Rider-Hopper — GFC.
Cannibal — Absorption [Ch.]
Cannon — Betza’s Ch., Camps, Changgi, Decimal Oriental Ch., Guerre I, Kriegsfeld Ch., Prussian National Ch., Silberschmidt’s Game, Xiangqi
Cap — Capapranka
Capricorn — Capricorn Ch., Royal Fury, 2000 AD
Captain — Occupation, Victoire
Capturing Pieces — GFC.
Cardinal — Airplane Ch., Grand Ch., Tri-Ch. IV, Valentine’s Ch.
Carnivore — Carnivore Ch.
Carriage — Burmese Ch.
Carrier — Ch. Football, Loonybird Ch.
Carrier, Bomb — Beirut Ch.
Carrier, Plague- — Plague Ch.
Cassandra — Cassandra Ch.
Castle — Mideast Ch., Pacific Ch.
Cat — Cat Ch.
Cat, Cheshire — Cheshire Cat Ch.
Catalyst — Nuclear Ch.
Catapult — Xiangqi
Caterpillar — Caterpillar Ch.
Cavalier — Mideast Ch.
Cavalry — ‘Asva’ in Chaturanga, Chess-Battle, Gerard Ch., Strategie, Victrix
Cavalry Colonel — Victoire
Cavalry Piece — Cavalry Ch.
Cavalry, Great — Gerard Ch.
Centaur — Carrera’s Ch.
Centaur Royal — Centaur Royal
Centurion — Arch Ch. I, Pinsard’s Ch.
Chain Reaction — Nuclear Ch.
Chakra — Chakra
Chameleon — Bogart’s Ch., Chameleon Ch., GFC, Ultima
Champion — Carrera’s Ch.
Chancellor — Almost Ch., Bird’s Ch., ‘Davidson’ in Capablanca Ch., Carrera’s Ch., Chancellor Ch., Grosses Konigs-spiel, Legler’s Ch., Quatrochess, Sava’s Game, Supercapablanca Ch., Tri-Ch. IV
Chancellor, Grand — Valentine’s Ch.
Chancellor, Lord —
Chaplain — Grosses Konigs-spiel
Chariot — Changgi, Chaturanga, Decimal Oriental Ch., Great Ch., Mongolian Ch., Shataranja, Xiangqi
Chemical Weapons — International
Cheshire Cat — Cheshire Cat Ch.
Chevalier — Mideast Ch.
Chief Constable — Tournoi
Chief Minister — Baroda Ch.
Chief Of Army — Baroda Ch.
Chief Of HQ — Victrix
Chief Of Police —
Chief, Police —
Child — Mongolian Ch., ‘Zaza’ in Samantsy
Chimæra — Chimæra Ch.
Chimærine — Chimæra Ch.
Circe — Circe Ch., GFC
Citizen — Baroda Ch.
Colonel — Drapeaux, Grosses Konigs-spiel, Occupation
Colonel, Artillery — Victoire
Colonel, Cavalry — Victoire
Colonel, Engineer — Victoire
Colonel, Infantry — Victoire
Commander — Baroda Ch., Cr-isis, Decimal Oriental Ch., Emperor Ch. I, Sava’s Game
Commander-In-Chief — Victrix
Commando — Brinkmanship
Commoner — Checkers
Concubine — Duke of Rutland’s Ch.
Conquistador — Mounted Swordsman. < Mexican Ch.
Constable, Chief — Tournoi
Cook — Cheskers
Coordinator — Renaissance Ch., Ultima
Co-Pieces — Simoco
Counselor — Chaturanga, Courier, Great Ch., Grosses Konigs-spiel, Xiangqi
Count — Riga Ch.
Courier — Diagonal rider; term for Bishop. Fil and Courier co-existed in Europe (1200-1500 AD). Fil did not survive "period of Muslim Ch.." [0750-1500 AD]. < Courier, Grosses Konigs-spiel
Courtesan — Chakra
Courtier — Mideast Ch.
Cowboy — GFC.
Crab [Foza] — Madagascan Ch.
Cripple —
Crocodile — Congo, Grande Acedrex, Timur’s Great Ch.
Crown —
Crown Prince — Shataranja
Crowned Rook — Duke of Rutland’s Ch.
Cuirassier — a mounted soldier wearing a cuirass or breastplate. Guerre I, Prussian National Ch., Silberschmidt’s Game
Currier [‘Courier’] — Courier
Cyclic Bishop — GFC.
Cyclic Pieces — GFC.
Dabbaba — Betza’s Ch., Citadel, Cubic Ch. I, Escalation, Full Ch., GFC, Great Ch., Parton Ch., Shataranja, Timur’s Cubic Ch., Timur’s Great Ch.
Dabbabante — Dabbabante Ch.
Dabbaba-Rider — Betza’s Ch., Escalation, GFC
Dabbaba-Rider-Hopper — GFC.
Dama Cacica — Cuban Chaturang
Damate — Damate
Damate, Advancing — Damate
Damate, Diagonal — Damate
Damate, Major — Damate
Damate, Minor — Damate
Damate, Orthogonal — Damate
Dame — Braithwaite’s Game, Dreadnought Ch., Mephisto, Mexican Ch., Schachdame
Damka [King] — Byelorussian Cheskers
Damsel [Type Of Pawn] — Enchantment
Daughtsman — Byelorussian Cheskers
Davidson [Chancellor] — Capablanca Ch.
Day — opposite of Knight, moves to any sq. a Knight can’t reach.
Deacon — Bates’ Game
Death — Enchantment
Decurion — Arch Ch. I
Defender — Chessball
Defenses — Gerard Ch.
Demi-Bishop — GFC.
Demi-Gorgon — Demigorgon Ch.
Demi-Queen — GFC.
Der — Ethiopian Ch. [Senterej]
Detonator — Bombalot
Devaratha [Chariot Of God] — Gosai Ch.
Devil — Mad
Diagonal Damate — Damate
Dinosaur — Megasaur Ch.
Dinosaurus — GFC.
Diplomat — GFC, Seven-handed Xiangqi
Division, Tank — Victrix
Dog — Cuban Chaturang
Don — A Spanish nobleman or gentleman. < ?
Donnacavallo — Amazon Ch.
Double Knight — GFC.
Double Knight Pawn — Ulti-matem
Double Zombie — Zombie Ch.
Double-Grasshopper — GFC.
Double-Move Queen — GFC.
Dragon — Camps, GFC, Kriegsfeld Ch., Royal Fury, 2000 AD
Dragoon — heavily armed mounted trooper. Guerre I, Strategie
Draughtsman — Chesica, Jesskers
Dreadnought — Dreadnought Ch.
Duellist — Duellist Ch.
Duke — Capablanca Ch., Greater Ch., Valentine’s Ch., Vincere Mori
Dummy Pawn — GFC.
Dwarf — Tournoi
Earl — Valentine’s Ch.
Edgehog — Captures, moves and checks as Q, but only from/to square on edge of board. < Edgehog Ch., GFC
Elephant — Baroda Ch., Burmese Ch., Cambodian Ch., Chaturaji, Chaturanga, Ciccolini’s Game, Congo, Decimal Oriental Ch., Great Ch., Korean Ch. [Changgi], Persian Ch. III, Shataranja, Xiangqi
Elephant, Fil — 2,2 Shadranji Leaper.
Elephant, Gaja — Chaturangan t
Elf [Alfil] — Maharajah II
Emperor — Chakra, Emperor Ch., Enchantment, Sic ‘em Europe
Empire — Mad
Empress — Amazon Ch., Bates’ Game, Carrera’s Ch., Chakra, Empire Ch., Empress Ch. II, GFC, Legler’s Ch., Sic ‘em Europe, 2000 AD
Engineer — Gerard Ch.
Engineer Colonel — Victoire
Ensign — Enlarged and Improved Ch., Falcon-Hunter Ch., Siege d’Anvers
Equerry — Bird’s Ch., Carrera’s Ch.
Equigrasshopper — GFC.
Equihopper — Hops over one man of either color to a square beyond that man so that man is the mid-point of line joining centers of initial and final squares of Equihopper’s move. Equihopper has color disadvantage and there are 48 squares on an 8x8 board it can never visit. < GFC, Jelliss’ Game
Escort — Gerard Ch.
Esquire —
Exchanger — Exchanger Ch.
Falcon — Decimal Falcon-Hunter, Falcon-Hunter Ch.
Falcon; Bishop/Rook Hunter — GFC.
Faras — Shadranji War Horse = m.
Farmakia — Game of Empire
Farmer — Conversion II
Fate — The Fates (The Moirae) — Three powerful goddesses who determined the lives of men. Clotho wove the thread of life, Lachesis measured it out, and Atropos cut it off with her scissors of death. < Enchantment.
Favourite — See Bar-Centaur.
Feresenya — Ethiopian Ch. [Senterej]
Fers — Attama, Betza’s Ch., Burmese Ch., Cubic Ch. I, Decimal Ch. II, Escalation, Ethiopian Ch. [Senterej], Galactic Ch., GFC, Modern Courier Ch., a Parton in Parton Ch., Quatrochess, Talkhand’s Ch., Timur’s Cubic Ch.
Fers-Rider — Escalation
Fighter — Wehr-schach
Fighter Unit — Space Hexchess
Fil — Shadranji Elephant. 2,2 Leaper. See also BISHOP; Courier.
File-Hopper — A Rook-hopper confined to one file. GFC.
File-Rider, Filerider — Rook’s movement Handicapped to one file. GFC.
First Proletarian Leader — International
Firz — 1,1 piece; Shadranj. Cf. Mantri, Counselor.
Firzan — Byzantine Ch., Shatranj
Fischer — Liberation Ch.. Leaps with 4-square radius
Fish — Cambodian
Five-Leaper — Moves: 0-5 Leap, 3-4 Leap. GFC.
Five-Rider-Hopper — "Five-Hopper." GFC.
Flag — Camps, Cu-bono, Drapeaux
Flagcar — Great Ch.
Fool — Courier, Great Ch.
Fool, Schleich, Sneak, Spy — Courier, Modern Courier Ch.
Footman — Apocalypse
Fortress — Pacific Ch.
Four, Ranger — Rangers Ch.
Fox — Wolf Ch.
Foza [Crab] — Madagascan Ch.
Fury — Royal Fury, 2000 AD
Fusilier — soldier armed with fusil [light flintlock musket]. Camps, Guerre, Prussian National Ch., Siege d’Anvers
Gaja — Chaturangan Elephant
Gala — Gala
Gazelle — Great Ch.
General — various, including Q+N [‘Amazon’]. < Brinkmanship, Burmese Ch., Ciccolini’s Game, Cu-bono, Das Kaiserspiel, Emperor’s Game, GFC, Korean Ch. [Changgi], Occupation, Paulovits’ Game, Seven-Handed Xiangqi, Sultan’s Game, Supercapablanca Ch., Victoire, Xiangqi; Military Ch [III], Novo-Schaakspel
Genius — Genius I
Gentleman — Riga Ch.
Ghost — GFC, Ghost Ch., Phantom Ch., Vanishing Ch.
Ghostrider — Ghostrider Ch.
Giraffe — Congo, Cubic Ch. I, GFC, Grande Acedrex, Great Ch., Quatrochess, Timur’s Cubic Ch., Timur’s Great Ch.
Giraffe-Rider — GFC.
Giraffe-Rider-Hopper — GFC.
Gnu — GFC.
Goalkeeper — Chessball
Gold General — Betza’s Ch.
Golem — Bogart’s Ch.
Gorgon — "Grim Ones." They were three monstrous daughters of the sea god Phorcys and Ceto. They could change men to stone at a glance. The Gorgons faces and figures were truly beautiful but they were terrifying, dragon-like creatures, covered with golden scales and having hissing snakes for hair. Two of the Gorgons, Stheno (strength) and Euryale (wide sea), were immortal; Medusa however could be killed. Perseus killed Medusa and brought back her head, with the help of Hermes and Athena. From Medusa’s blood sprang Pegasus, her ‘son’ by the god Poseidon. [Their triplet sisters, the Graeae, guarded the way to the Gorgon's home beyond the sea, almost at the end of night; The three "old women" or "gray ones". They are the daughters of Phorcys (a son of Gaia and Pontus) and Ceto (his sister). The Graeae are the sisters and guardians of the Gorgons. They were gray-haired from birth and have only one eye and one tooth between them. They are Enyo ("horror"; coincidentally ‘Raiding Falcon’ in Shogi Variants), Deino ("dread") and Pemphredo ("alarm").] Gorgons < Gorgon Ch., Royal Fury, 2000 AD. There are no ‘Graeae’ in Chess.
Gorgon, Demi- — Demigorgon Ch.
Gorgona — Demigorgon Ch., Gorgon Ch.
Government — Space Hexchess
Governor — Baroda Ch., Xiangqi
Grand Bishop — GFC.
Grand Chancellor — Valentine’s Ch.
Grand Queen — GFC.
Grand Vizier — ‘Grosswesir’ in Wesirspiel
Grasshopper — GFC, Grasshopper Ch. I, Jelliss’ Game, Scorpion Ch.
Grasshopper n — GFC.
Grasshopper, Double- — GFC.
Grasshopper, Halma- — GFC.
Great Cavalry — Gerard Ch.
Great Queen — Great Ch.
Great-Bishop — Chezz
Great-King — Chezz
Great-Knight, Poppeian — Chezz
Great-Knight, Savian — Chezz
Great-Queen — Chezz
Great-Rook — Chezz
Greek — Troy
Grenadier — Drapeaux, Siege d’Anvers
Griffin — GFC.
Griffon — GFC.
Gryphon — ‘Aanca’ in Grande Acedrex; Gryphon Ch. GFC
Guard — Bird’s Ch., Carrera’s Ch., Decimal Oriental Ch., Enlarged & Improved Ch., Falcon-Hunter Ch., Korean Ch. [Changgi], Pacific Ch., Silberschmidt’s Game, Xiangqi. See also Counselor; Mandarin
Guard, King’s — Guerre I
Guard, Queen’s — Bird’s Ch.
Guard, Royal — [listing between Silberschmidt’s Game and Space Hexchess], Silberschmidt’s Game
Guardian — Decimal Ch. II, Fourth Dimension
Gulag — Mad
Gun — Chess-Battle, Cu-bono; ‘Basy’ in Madagascan Ch. [Samantsy]
Halma-Grasshopper — GFC.
Harpy — Royal Fury
Hatter — see Rettah
Hauptfigur — Wehr-Schach
Hausfrau — Neunerschach
Hector — Troy
Herald — Grosses Konigs-spiel
High Pawn — Reform Ch. II [Oberbauer]
Hippogriff — Ecila, GFC
Hippopotamus — GFC.
Hipposaur — Megasaur Ch.
Hopper — Linear Ch.
Hopper, Alfil-Rider- — GFC.
Hopper, Balloon- — GFC.
Hopper, Bishop; See Bishopper — GFC.
Hopper, Camel-Rider- — GFC.
Hopper, Dabbaba-Rider- — GFC.
Hopper, Equi- — GFC.
Hopper, File- — GFC.
Hopper, Five-Rider- — GFC.
Hopper, Giraffe-Rider- — GFC.
Hopper, Night- — GFC.
Hopper, Night-Rider- — GFC.
Hopper, One- — Ludus Chessunculus
Hopper, Rank- — GFC.
Hopper, Rook- — GFC.
Hopper, Root-50-Rider- — GFC.
Hopper, Two- — Ludus Chessunculus
Hopper, Unicorn- — GFC.
Hopper, Victory- — GFC.
Hopper, Zebra-Rider- — GFC.
Horn — Mad. "Drop"?
Horsa — Gala
Horse — Baroda Ch., Betza’s Ch., Burmese Ch., Cambodian Ch., Chaturaji; ‘Asva’ in Chaturanga; Korean Ch. [Changgi]; a ‘Farasy’ in Madagascan Ch., Shataranja, Xiangqi
Horseman — Apocalypse, Camps, Military Ch [III], Riga Ch.
Hova — Madagascan Ch. [Samantsy]
HQ — Chess-battle
HQ, Chief Of — Victrix
Hunter — Rook/Bishop Hunter. Moves forward as Rook, backward as Bishop. < Decimal Falcon-Hunter, Falcon-Hunter Ch., GFC, Loonybird Ch.
Hussar — Guerre I, Prussian National Ch., Reform Ch. I, Silberschmidt’s Game, Strategie. member 15th C., Hungarian-style light cavalry unit.
Hydra — GFC.
Imitante Queen — a combined piece or a Capturing HANDICAP. < Imitante Queen Ch.
Imitator — cannot check, obstruct, capture or be captured. Can be obstructed. Traditionally Neutral. may take Leaping Power. < Bombalot, GFC, Imitator Ch., Renaissance Ch.
Imitator Queen — moves as Imitator. May also move independently.
Immobilizer — Bombalot, Immobilizer Ch., Renaissance Ch., Ultima
Immortal, The — Indian games
Infantry — Brinkmanship, Chaturanga, Gerard Ch., Strategie, Victrix, Wehr-Schach
Infantry Colonel — Victoire
Infantry Unit — Space Hexchess
Infantry, Light — Grosses Konigs-spiel
Infantryman — Brinkmanship, Military Ch [III]
Invisible Man — GFC, Invisible Ch. I
Jabberwocky — Jabberwocky Ch.
Janus —
Jekyll-And-Hyde Pieces — Norwegian Ch.
Jibber — GFC.
Joker — GFC.
Joker King — GFC.
Judge — Decimal Ch. I, Great Ch., Mock Ch. I
Juggernaut — Chaos I
Jumper — Linear Ch., Royal Fury
Kamikaze — Any piece that is removed when it captures. GFC
Kampa — Gala
Kangaroo — GFC.
King — A ‘Wazir+Fers’, with Royalty HANDICAP. Regional Variations: Rajah [Chaturanga], Shah [Shadranj], etc.
King — GFC.
King, Great- — Chezz
King, Joker — GFC.
King, Letzen — GFC.
King, Nostalgic — GFC.
King, Protean — GFC.
King, Vaulting — GFC.
King; Damka — Byelorussian Cheskers
King’s Guard — Guerre I
King’s Pawn [Pion Du Roi] — New Ch. II
Kinglet — Kinglet Ch.
Knibis — Thinktank Ch.
Knight — 1,2 (2,1) leaper. "Moves direct from one square to another, as if they were adjacent." Representative of Cavalry. [Cf., Chaturangan Asva, Cavalier, Horse, Shadranji Faras, etc.
Knight — GFC.
Knight, Double — "Knight that may continue with 1 more Kt-leap in outward direction, but not to square that a Nightrider may visit. It captures an adverse man standing on its final landing square." "a Knight that, after its first normal leap, may continue with one more leap to any of the 7 available Kt-tour squares excluding switchback to its original square. [Appears to be a Hydra.] Differs from Griffon in not having color HANDICAP and in not permitting switchback." GFC
Knight, Great-, Poppeian — Chezz
Knight, Great-, Savian — Chezz
Knight, Master —
Knight, Pocket — Pocket Knight Ch.
Knight-Mover/Rook-Capturer; Schutze; Sniper — GFC.
Knightrider — Knightrider Bouncy
Kniroo — Thinktank Ch.
Korna — Gala
Kotwal[a] [‘Police Chief’] — Atranj, Shataranja
Kulak[s] — International
Lady — Rigu[?] Ch.
Lama — Tibetan Ch. III
Lambeth — Capablanca
Lancer — Partnership Four-Hand Ch.
Laser Piece — GFC.
Latent Pawn — GFC.
Leader —
Leader Of Proletariat — International
Leaper — Renaissance Ch.
Leaper, Five- — GFC.
Leaper, Root-50- — GFC.
Leaper, Victory — GFC.
Leo — Akenhead’s Ch., GFC, Lion Ch.
Letzen King — GFC.
Liaison Officer — Seven-Handed Xiangqi
Lieutenant — Occupation
Light Infantry — Grosses Konigs-spiel
Lion — Congo, GFC, Grande Acedrex, Great Ch., Jelliss’ Game, Timur’s Great Ch.
Locust — Edgehog Ch., GFC
Longleaper — Baroque, Bogart’s Ch., Ultima
Lord Mayor — Mock Ch. I
Lord, Time — Fourth Dimension
Lunette — Siege d’Anvers
Machinegun — Chess-Battle, Victrix
Magic Piece — GFC.
Magnetic Queen — GFC.
Maharajah — Maharajah I
Major — Drapeaux, Grosses Kongis-spiel, Occupation
Major Damate — Damate
Mammoth — GFC.
Man — Counselor. Moves as King. < Courier, Modern Courier Ch., Sjakti
Man, Double-Move —
Man, Invisible — GFC, Invisible Ch. I
Man, Old —
Man, Red Cross — GFC.
Mandarin — Xiangqi
Mann — Quatrochess
Mantri; Counselor —
Mao — Akenhead’s Ch., GFC, Lion Ch.
Marine — Cr-isis
Marquis — Vincere Mori
Mars — Enchantment
Marshal[l] — ‘Lambeth’ in Capablanca Ch., Carrera’s Ch., Grand Ch., Grosses Kongis-spiel, Neunerschach, Siege d’Anvers, Sultan’s Game
Masterknight I — Chezz
Masterknight II — Chezz
Mayor, Lord —
Mechanical Weapons — International
Medeq — Ethiopian Ch. [Senterej]
Mermaid — GFC.
Mimic — Mimic Ch. I
Mimotaur — a Minotaur that mimics. < Mimotaur Ch., Royal Fury, 2000 AD
Minister — Airplane Ch., Decimal Oriental Ch., Great Ch., Shataranja, Xiangqi
Minister, Chief — Baroda Ch.
Minister, Prime — Modern Ch. II
Minor Damate — Damate
Minotaur —
Minotaurus — GFC.
Missile — Cu-bono, Galactic Ch., Missile Ch., Stratomic
Monarch — Chaos I, Vincere Mori
Monarch Butterfly — Chaos I
Monk — Chakra, Valentine’s Ch.
Monkey — Monkey Ch.
Mortar — Strategie
Moslon — <Mad. Apparently a Piece and a Game.
Mother Nature — Enchantment
Mother Unit — Invisible Ch. I
Motor Vehicle — Russian Ch. II
Movable Wall — Maze Ch.
Moveless Pawn — GFC.
Mpanjaka — Madagascan Ch.
Mummy — Mummy Ch.
Narwhal — Ecila
Nature, Mother — Enchantment
Negotiator — Cr-isis
Negus — Ethiopian Ch. [Senterej]
Nemesis — Nemesis Ch.
Nerey, Cacique —
Neutral Pawn — GFC.
Neutralizer — Unorthodox Ultima
Night —
Nighthopper — "must hop over man of either color at distance of 1,2 (2,1) to a landing square at a distance of 2,4 (4,2). It is equivalent of Equihopper Handicapped only to one Kt-type hop; or of Night-Rider-Hopper Handicapped only to its first hop." Night-Rider-Hopper Handicapped to arriving at the second leap of its riding-line. "moves with multiple Knight Leaps always in same line as first leap until it is stopped by block or by edge of board." "A N that may continue its Knight-leaps, always in same direction, until it captures or is blocked." < GFC
Night-Rider — Betza’s Ch., Decimal Falcon-Hunter, Edgehog Ch., Escalation, Five-Rider Ch., GFC, Jelliss’ Game, Nightrider Ch., Wolf Ch.
Night-Rider-Hopper — GFC.
Noble — Peasant’s Revolt I
Nobleman — Pacific Ch.
Nostalgic King — GFC.
Nuisance — Nuisance Ch. - neutral man
Oberbauer [‘High Pawn’] — Reform Ch. II
Octopus — Bird’s Ch.
Officer — Drapeaux, Tetra-Schach
Officer, Liaison — Seven-handed Xiangqi
Official — Cambodian Ch.
Old Man —
Omnipotent Queen — GFC.
One, Ranger — Rangers Ch.
One-Hopper — Ludus Chessunculus
Onewocky — Jabberwocky Ch.
Opting Pawn — Jelliss’ Game
Ordnance — Gerard Ch.
Original Pawn — Timur’s Great Ch.
Orix — See Equigrasshopper. GFC.
Orphan — immobilized and powerless unless attacked, when it assumes powers of attacking man.
Orthogonal Damate — Damate
Overrunner — GFC.
Page — Puzzo, Tournoi
Pallas Athene — Troy
Panzer — Wehr-Schach
Pao — Akenhead’s Ch., GFC, Lion Ch.
Paratrooper — Brinkmanship, Conversion II
Parton, Alfil — Parton Ch.
Parton, Dabbaba — Parton Ch.
Parton, Fers — Parton Ch.
Parton, Wazir — Parton Ch.
Pasha — Paulovit’s Game
Pawn — Foot soldier. Also Baidaq, Pedati, etc. In Shadranj, promotes only to Firz.
Pawn — GFC.
Pawn [Damsel] — Enchantment
Pawn [Serf] — Enchantment
Pawn Of Pawns — Chezz
Pawn, Anti- — Allthought Ch.
Pawn, Arrow — Arrow Pawn Ch., GFC, Three-Man Ch.
Pawn, Barrier — serves as Block. moves as K. Captures men of its own color. Immune from capture except by its own king or enemy Barrier Pawn. < Kristensen’s Game
Pawn, Berlin — GFC.
Pawn, Berolina; Berlin Pawn — Moves diagonally but captures orthogonally, both forwards. It may capture another Berolina Pawn, e.p., and promotes normally on reaching promotion rank of board. ...moved forward diagonally one square at a time [or 2 for its first move], captures on/attacks the square directly ahead on file. < Allthought Ch., GFC, Lion Ch., Tactical Ch.
Pawn, Damsel — Enchantment
Pawn, Double Knight — Ulti-matem
Pawn, Dummy — GFC.
Pawn, High — Reform Ch. II [Oberbauer]
Pawn, Latent — GFC.
Pawn, Moveless — GFC.
Pawn, Neutral — GFC.
Pawn, Opting — Jelliss’ Game
Pawn, Original — Timur’s Great Ch.
Pawn, Poison —
Pawn, Promotable — GFC.
Pawn, Protean — GFC.
Pawn, Retreatable — GFC.
Pawn, Reversible — GFC.
Pawn, Super- — Cincinnati Four-Way, GFC, Superpawns Ch.
Pawn, Taxi — Taxi Ch.
Pawn, Tetra- — Tetra-Schach
Pawn, Turkish? — In Turkish Great Ch., Pawn cannot double first move and they can only promote to Queens.
Pawns, Pawn Of — Chezz
Paymaster — B+N
Peasant — Peasants’ Revolt I
People, The — International
Piece, Cavalry — Cavalry Ch.
Pieces Listing —
Pikeman — Grosses Konigs-spiel
Pilot — Universal Ch.
Pincher — Renaissance Ch.
Plague-Carrier — Plague Ch.
Pocket Knight — Pocket Knight Ch.
Police — Baroda Ch.
Police Chief —
Policeman — Mock Ch. I
Political Activist — International
Polyp — Immobile Capturing Piece on Queen Lines. GFC.
Poppeian Greatknight — [listing between Chess-Battle and Chu Shogi]
Priestess — Vincere Mori
Prime Minister — Modern Ch. II
Prince — various, including Q+N. < Baroda Ch., Great Ch., Madagascan Ch. [Samantsy], Sic ‘em Europe, Three-Dimensional Ch., ‘Adventitious King’ in Timur’s Great Ch.
Prince, Crown — Shataranja
Princess — B+N. Carrera’s Ch., Duke of Rutland’s Ch., Empire Ch., GFC, Sic ‘em Europe, Three-Dimensional Ch.
Private — Occupation
Promotable Pawn — GFC.
Protean King — GFC.
Protean Pawn — GFC.
Puller — Renaissance Ch.
Pusher — Renaissance Ch.
Pyramid — Non-capturable piece. Cannot Capture or Move. GFC.
Queen — GFC.
Queen — see also Begum
Queen Caïssa — game of Caïssa
Queen, Absolute — Amazon Ch.
Queen, Blue — Neuter Queen Ch.
Queen, Demi- — R + Demibishop. GFC
Queen, Double-Move — GFC.
Queen, Grand- — R + Grandbishop. GFC
Queen, Great- — Chezz, Great Ch.
Queen, Imitante — Imitante Queen Ch.
Queen, Imitator - —
Queen, Magnetic — GFC.
Queen, Omnipotent — Q+N. GFC
Queen, Semi- —
Queen, Tetra- — Tetra-Schach
Queen’s Guard — Bird’s Ch.
Rajah — Chaturaji, Chaturanga
Ranger — Fourth Dimension
Rangers One Thru. Four — Rangers Ch.
Rank-Hopper — Rook-hopper confined to one rank. GFC.
Rank-Rider — Rook’s movement Handicapped to one rank. GFC.
Reaper — Vincere Mori
Red Cross — Novo-Schaakspel
Red Cross Man — Piece moves only to interpose check by quickest possible route. GFC.
Reflecting Bishop — Edgehog Ch. GFC.
Regent —
Repeller — Unorthodox Ultima
Reserves — Gerard Ch.
Resurrector — Renaissance Ch.
Retreatable Pawn — GFC.
Rettah — Decimal Rettah Ch., Rettah Ch.
Reversible Pawn — GFC.
Rhino — Great Ch.
Rider — Fantasy Ch.
Rider, Alfil- — Escalation, GFC
Rider, Camel- — Five-Rider Ch., GFC
Rider, Dabbaba- — Betza’s Ch.
Rider, Fers- — Escalation
Rider, File- — GFC.
Rider, Giraffe- — GFC.
Rider, Night- — Betza’s Ch., Escalation, Five-Rider Ch., GFC
Rider, Rank- — GFC.
Rider, Root-50- — GFC.
Rider, Wazir- — Betza’s Ch., Escalation, GFC.
Rider, Zebra- — Five-Rider Ch., GFC
Rider-Hopper, Alfil- — GFC.
Rider-Hopper, Camel- — GFC.
Rider-Hopper, Dabbaba- — GFC.
Rider-Hopper, Five- — GFC.
Rider-Hopper, Giraffe- — GFC.
Rider-Hopper, Night- — GFC.
Rider-Hopper, Root-50- — GFC. "Root-50-Hopper."
Rider-Hopper, Zebra- — GFC.
Riding Wazir —
Rifleman — Gerard Ch.
Ritter — Schachdame
Rocket — Cr-isis
Roobis — Thinktank Ch.
Rook — Boat, Castle, Gaja [Chaturangan Elephant], Ratha [Chariot], Rocco, Rukh [Armed Chariot], Tower, War Chariot and Wazir- Rider [‘Riding Wazir’]
Rook — GFC.
Rook, Arrow — GFC.
Rook, Crowned — Duke of Rutland’s Ch.
Rook, Great- — Chezz
Rook, Hopping — Rook-hopper.
Rook/Bishop Hunter — GFC.
Rook-Capturer, Bishop-Mover/; — GFC.
Rook-Capturer, Knight-Mover/; Schutze; Sniper — GFC.
Rookhopper — GFC, Jelliss’ Game
Rookni — Thinktank Ch.
Root-50-Leaper — GFC.
Root-50-Rider — GFC.
Root-50-Rider-Hopper — GFC.
Roshop — Semi-Queen Ch.
Rotary — Rotary
Row-Runner — Chaos I
Royal Guard — Silberschmidt’s Game
Royal, Centaur — Centaur Royal
Ruhbird — Great Ch.
Rukh — Shadranji t
Runner — Linear Ch.
Saba — Ethiopian Ch. [Senterej]
Samurai — Chakra
Sapper — ‘military specialist in field fortification work and/or who lays, detects and disarms mines.’ < Siege d’Anvers, Victrix
Satel — Mad
Savian Greatknight — [listing between Chess-Battle and Chu Shogi]
Schleich, Fool, Sneak, Spy — Courier, Modern Courier Ch.
Schutze; B-Mover/R-Capturer; Kt-Mover/R-Capturer; Sniper — GFC.
Scout — Mafeking Kriegsspiel
Scythe — Rotary
Semi — Cuban Chaturang
Sentinel — Timur’s Great Ch.
Serf [Type Of Pawn] — Enchantment
Sergeant — Wolf Ch.
Serpent — GFC.
Shah — Shadranji l; Shadranj.
Shatra — Shatra
Ship — Russian Ch. II
Ship, Boatmen — Chaturangan 2,2 Leaper.
Simopieces — Simochess
Small Arms — International
Snatch — Jabberwocky Ch.
Sneak, Fool, Schleich, Spy — Moves like a Wazir. Courier, Modern Courier Ch.
Sniper; B-Mover/R-Capturer; Kt-Mover/R-Capturer; Schutze — GFC.
Soldier — Burmese Ch., Chaturagji, Drapeaux, Grosses Konigs-spiel, Korean Ch. [Changgi], Silberschmidt’s Game, Xiangqi
Spartan — Troy
Spear — Courier
Spearman — Fantasy Ch.
Springer — Unambiguous Three-Symbol Ch.
Sputnik — Sputnik Ch.
Spy, Fool, Schleich, Sneak — Assassin Kriegsspiel, Courier, Modern Courier Ch., Novo-Schaakspel
Squire — Arch Ch. II, Bates’ Game, Capablanca Ch., Valentine’s Ch.
Squirk — Double King Ch. I
Squirrel — Arch Ch. I, Bear Ch., Betza’s Ch., Cincinnati Four-Way, GFC
Stag — Great Ch.
Stepper — Linear Ch.
Submarine — Cr-isis, Novo-Schaakspel
Superpawn — Cincinnati Four-Way, GFC, Superpawns Ch.
Switcher — Chaos I
Sword — Chakra
Taino — Cuban Chaturang
Talia — "Moves diagonally but not to nearest diagonal square; it leaps." May be "missing link" between Fil and Bishop. Also called a Ski-Piece. Other Ski-Pieces could be invented. < Timur’s Great Ch.
Tank — Atomic Ch., Bombalot, Brinkmanship, Chess-Battle, Cu-bono, GFC, Novo-Schaakspel, Russian Ch. II, Suttles Ch.; Tank Ch. I-III; Universal Ch.
Tank Division — Victrix
Tank Unit — Space Hexchess
Taxi, Taxi Pawn — Pawn that may play 1-3 steps forward from initial position, and also 1 step backwards [but not back beyond initial array rank.] On reaching its 8th rank it may promote or remain a Taxi and play backwards to its initial array rank [but it no longer has the right to a 2- or 3-step forward 1st move]. Captures as Pawn. May capture another Taxi e.p. after latter’s 3-step move [Xa2-a5, Xb5 x a4]. The normal e.p. capture is also available [Xa2-a4,Xb4 x a3]. Symbol: X. < GFC, Taxi Ch.
Temdek — Shatra
Templar — Valentine’s Ch.
Terror — GFC.
Tetra-Pawn — Tetra-Schach
Tetra-Queen — Tetra-Schach
Three, Ranger — Rangers Ch.
Threewocky — Jabberwocky Ch.
Thurrow — Thurrow Ch.
Time — Enchantment
Time Lord — Fourth Dimension
Tove — Jabberwocky Ch.
Transporter — Transporter Ch.
Triangle — Chaos I
Trident — Rotary
Trizebra — GFC.
Trojan — Troy
Tweedledee — Twin Orthodox
Tweedledum — Twin Orthodox
Tweke — Bombalot
Twin — Gemini I
Two, Ranger — Rangers Ch.
Two-Hopper — Ludus Chessunculus
Twowocky — Jabberwocky Ch.
Udtabegum [‘Flying Queen’] — Atranj
Unicorn — Cubic Ch. I, GFC, Grande Acedrex, Great Ch., Six-Dimensional Ch., Triangular Ch. I, 2000 AD
Unicorn-Hopper — GFC.
Unit, Bomber — Space Hexchess
Unit, Fighter — Space Hexchess
Unit, Infantry — Space Hexchess
Unit, Mother — Invisible Ch. I
Unit, Tank — Space Hexchess
Urdabeg [< Udtabegum] — Atranj
Vahoaka — Madagascan Ch.
Vampire — Cuban Chaturang
Vao — Bishop "but captures only by hopping over one man of either color to any square beyond." Leo Family. < Akenhead’s Ch., GFC, Lion Ch.
Vaulting King — GFC.
Vehicle, Motor — Russian Ch. II
Victory Hopper — GFC.
Victory Leaper — GFC.
Victuals — Gerard Ch.
Viscount — Valentine’s Ch.
Visier, Vizier — Firz, Firzan, Vizir - Bates’ Game, Persian Ch. IV, Reform Ch. I; In Turkish Great Ch. = B+N.
Vizier, Grand — ‘Grosswesir’ in Wesirspiel
Vorona — Madagascan Ch.
Vulnerable, The — Astral Battle
Wall — Maze Ch.
Warrior — Chess-Battle, Fourth Dimension
Wazir — Betza’s Ch., Courier, Decimal Ch. II, Escalation, Galactic Ch., GFC, Great Ch., Parton Ch., Quatrochess, Shataranja, Timur’s Great Ch.
Wazir-Rider — Betza’s Ch., Escalation GFC.
Weapons, Chemical — International
Weapons, Mechanical — International
Wesir [Wazir] — Wesirspiel
Wildebeest — Wildebeest Ch.
Withdrawer — Renaissance Ch., Ultima, Withdrawer Ch.
Wizard — Fantasy Ch., Valentine’s Ch., Wizard Ch.
Wolf — Wolf Ch.
Wyvern — Ecila, Wyvern Ch.
X-Forward/Y-Back Pieces —
Ximæra — 2000 AD
Ximera — Royal Fury
X-Mover, Y-Capturer Pieces — R-B, B-R, etc.
Zaza [Child] — Samantsy
Zebra — Cavalry Ch., Congo, GFC
Zebra, Tri- — GFC.
Zebra-Rider — Five-Rider Ch., GFC
Zebra-Rider-Hopper — GFC.
Zek[s] — Game of Empire
Zeppelin — GFC.
Zero — ‘Stationary move.’ Cannot check, capture; can be captured. < GFC, Ms. Alice Ch.
Zombie — Reincarnation Ch., Zombie Ch.
Zombie, Double — Zombie Ch.
Zurafa — Shataranja
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