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Although Cannons and pieces derived from them are not really my thing,
credit should be given for the idea of combining features of two
well-established games. Indeed as I have now used that idea in a
different
way in a game of my own
(http://www.chessvariants.com/xiangqivariants.dir/anglis_qi.html) it
would
churlish for me not to! Incidentally I note that Yang has now gained a
new
prominence, as one of the names of China's first astronaut.

Recently, through a crossword, I discovered that there is a musical instrument called a Yangqin, a kind of dulcimer. According to the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangqin it has used two different characters for Yang, originally one meaning foreign, and later replace by one meaning acclaimed. Oddly enough the name of this variant works just as well with either of these characters. The 'foreign' sense is obvious - a non-Chinese variant adding in the non-Chinese Bishop. The 'acclaimed' sense is, I would argue, demonstrated by all the positive previous comments from connoisseurs of variants.

The rating is because I am now won over to the Cannon family of pieces, and have now used them in a few variants of my own.

Merging Chinese chess with Western chess was a very ambitious thing to do (altering two orthodox traditions) but I think you've succeeded! I like how you took the plain round disks and replaced them with chess pieces that are easier to discrimate. Good work on this interesting variant!