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David, thanks for the pedigree on the sliding general. I appreciate the knowledge and the effort that went into learning it that your reference demonstrates. I admit that whenever you give a history for a piece I've re-designed, it gives me a little nudge to come up with a better effort and a truly new piece, which makes it more fun. Thanks. I enjoy having designed several pieces you haven't [yet] put a history to. Greg, you are quite right about the sliding general. There are several games where it shows up, in 2 versions. There is the linear version, which is a 2-square queen reaching 16 of the 24 neighboring squares, and a bent version which adds the knight move and can reach all 24 of the squares within 2 of its initial position. There are also 2 icons, one with some grey tint and one without, which distinguish the 2 versions. Among other places, the straight version is in HyperModern Shatranj and the bent one is the royal piece, the chieftain, in Chieftain Chess. I do have a naming deficiency, which I've admitted to before, which I compound by being very picky about the names I will use. Not that I often manage it, but I prefer a coherent style of names and piece icons in a game. I don't mind more than one name for an icon, but I do mind more than one move for an icon. Haven't quite managed it yet, though.