'The Fire Horse moves and captures forwards like a Rook, or backwards like a Knight.' - writes Adrian King in Typhoon, his 1999 chess variant on a 12 by 12 board. That gives us the Retnuh.
Jeff 'Cavebear' Stroud calls the Falcon a Y-Rider in his 2001 chess variant ABC Chess.
EDIT: The Hiju (Soaring Eagle) is a promoted Dragon King in Dai Shogi. It has all the moves of a Rook, also retreats like a Bishop and advances like an Alfil or a Ferz. So this piece blends the Queen and [RAF] pieces. As Gary indicates in his reply to this comment, the ancient Japanese were quite capable of inventing the pieces we have been discussing.
'The Fire Horse moves and captures forwards like a Rook, or backwards like a Knight.' - writes Adrian King in Typhoon, his 1999 chess variant on a 12 by 12 board. That gives us the Retnuh.
Jeff 'Cavebear' Stroud calls the Falcon a Y-Rider in his 2001 chess variant ABC Chess.
EDIT: The Hiju (Soaring Eagle) is a promoted Dragon King in Dai Shogi. It has all the moves of a Rook, also retreats like a Bishop and advances like an Alfil or a Ferz. So this piece blends the Queen and [RAF] pieces. As Gary indicates in his reply to this comment, the ancient Japanese were quite capable of inventing the pieces we have been discussing.