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Camel. An elongated Knight making a (3, 1) leap.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Anonymous wrote on Wed, Aug 25, 2004 01:56 PM UTC:
The camel is definitely worth less than a knight because of its
colourboundness. It is also colourswitching which is a little harder
to see: It can't triangulate.

What comes out as a surprise, the camel is stronger than other simple
leapers, including non-colourbound ones as the zebra. This is suggested
by the endgame analysis of endgames with fairy pieces to be found on this
server. Jeliss gives the following explanation for this fact: The knight
and the camel are singular in the simple leapers because they have more
round
trips consisting of six moves than other simple leapers.

--J%org Knappen