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Suffix Index to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of suffixes used in the Man and Beast series.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
George Duke wrote on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 04:53 PM UTC:
Recent indexes both alphabetical and suffix start to organize a morass. Continuing every Square-Suffix first by 2013, still on '-Hopper', another problemist one is Contragrasshopper. Grasshopper cannot move the radial direction a piece is adjacent, but Contragrasshopper requires it. Both are non-divergent, and Contragrasshopper is stronger piece-type. Like Cannon their capture mode is displacement. Where Grasshopper is high pawn range, about 2.0 and so equal to Rococo pawn or QuadraPawn (the latter not formal Gilmanese), Contragrasshopper is more like 4.0, become a true piece no longer Pawn. Is Long Leaper a hopper? Of course, in capture mode, be it non-displacement. Of Ultima, Rococo and Fugue, Long Leaper M&Bxxs omit so far, because there is no need for renaming, but LL would belong here with the Hoppers. T.R. Dawson among 5350 fairies has many Contragrasshopper examples, one of the top 20 p-ts among problemists. [ongoing coverages so far: -Hound, She-, -Hopper; next -Lady, -Guide.]