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Bent Riders. A discussion of pieces, like the Gryphon, that take a step then move as riders.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, Apr 11, 2020 11:14 PM UTC:

Betza wrote:

Not described there is a piece which makes a one step Rook move and then continues outwards as a Bishop. For lack of a name, I'll call it the Aanca (13th century Spanish for "Gryphon"). Although the Aanca is not described, one can suppose that the same mind who conceived the Gryphon and the Unicorn probably also considered the Aanca.

This is really irresponsible. Lacking a name for the Gryphon's orthogonal/diagonal counterpart, he just borrowed another name used for the piece called a Gryphon. The Aanca was described. It was described as being the same piece as the Gryphon. What wasn't described was a piece that Betza should have found a more appropriate name for. I don't have sufficient knowledge of Arabic or Spanish, but Gryphon seems like a fitting name on the basis that this piece is sort of a hybrid of Rook and Bishop, and the Gryphon is a mythological hybrid animal. With that in mind, it would be appropriate to use the name of another mythological hybrid for the corresponding piece, such as Chimera or Manticore.