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Piececlopedia: Non-stop Equihopper
Historical notes
The non-stop equihopper is a variant of the Equihopper. Both the standard equihopper and
its non-stop variant are fairy chess pieces that are regularly used in fairy chess
problems. For instance, in 1999, a tournament to design fairy chess problems
that use an equihopper or non-stop equihopper
was held in Probleemblad,
the magazine of the Dutch organization of chess problem composers.
The equihopper was invented in the first half of the 20th century, by
G. Leathem.
Movement
The non-stop equihopper moves along lines in any direction,
but must jump,
and the distance before the hurdle (the piece that is jumped across) must
be equal to the distance after the hurdle.
Movement diagram
The non-stop equihopper can move to the squares marked with a black circle, and
take the pawn on a3. Note
that the non-stop equihopper can also move in directions that are not orthogonal
or diagonal: e.g., in the diagram, it can jump across the king on b3 to
c5.
This is an item in the Piececlopedia:
an overview of different (fairy) chess pieces.
Written by Hans Bodlaender.
WWW page created: June 24, 2000.
Last modified: Monday, December 22, 2008
