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Carpenter. compound of Knight and Dabbaba.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Nuno wrote on Sun, Oct 12, 2008 12:27 PM UTC:
Well I believe there are some. I'm making a file to myself in Open Office
format with the annotations of Ralph Betza about the atoms of pieces
(wazir, ferz, etc) and their combinations. And as I go along with this
file I'am replacing its funny notation for some names I found on the
'All the King's men' page, as well as here on some variants.
And these are may sources basically.

For example, The FD (ferz+dabbaba) is called a Duke and also a Diamond by
chess problemists. But, and here is the fun part(?), it is called a Kylin
(mythological creature) by japonese playeres since the middle ages on its
Chu Shogi!

Another example is the famous Waffle of Ralph Betza, also appears in Chu
Shogi, under the name Phoenix (another mythological creature)! In the west
it is called also a Caliph (a very appropriate name I believe..).