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Ecumenical Chess. Set of Variants incorporating Camels and Camel compound pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
David Paulowich wrote on Mon, Jan 5, 2009 02:04 AM UTC:

Yes, orthogonal contiguity of capturing moves is necessary. The Bison (Camel + Zebra) is just strong enough to force the lone King into a corner and checkmate it. See H. G. Muller's [2008-07-15] comment in the 12x12_checkmate thread for details.