Articles On Pieces
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- All the King's Men. Page describing variant chess pieces.
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- Base Pieces and Templates.. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
- Bent Riders. A discussion of pieces, like the Gryphon, that take a step then move as riders. By Ralph Betza.
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- Calculation of Piece Values . Link to an essay on attack values, material values, relative piece values. Author: Derek Nalls.
- Complementarity - Part I. With Short Range Project in mind, list of a highly specific set of pieces defined by simplest compounds. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Crazy 38's: The Bishop. Missing description By Ben Good.
- Crazy 38's: The Gold General. Missing description By Ben Good.
- Crazy 38's: The King. Missing description By Ben Good.
- Crazy 38's: The Knight. Missing description By Ben Good.
- Crazy 38's: The Pawn. Missing description By Ben Good.
- Crazy 38's: The Rook. Missing description By Ben Good.
- Crazy 38's: The Silver General. Missing description By Ben Good.
- The Crooked Bishop. Missing description Author: Ralph Betza.
- The Crooked Bishop. Revisiting the Crooked Bishop. Author: Ralph Betza.
- Cupid Chess 3. Pieces trace out geometrical patterns suggested by the way they are designed. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
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- Eurasian Pawn piece. A hybrid European and Asian Pawn. By Rich Hutnik.
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- Fairy Pieces Part 1. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
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- Growing and Shrinking. Playing with the Size of Chess Pieces. Author: David Howe.
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- Halflings. Pieces that can travel at most half their usual distance. By Ralph Betza.
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- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 1). A discussion of the values of chess pieces. Author: Ralph Betza.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 2). More on the value of Chess pieces. Author: Ralph Betza.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 3). More on the value of Chess pieces. Author: Ralph Betza.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 4). Additional details on the values of Chess pieces. Author: Ralph Betza.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 5). A study of the value of Cannon-style jumpers. Author: Ralph Betza.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 6). A study of the value of the Furlrurlbakking piece. Author: Ralph Betza.
- Index A to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter A. By Charles Gilman.
- Index B to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter B. By Charles Gilman.
- Index C 1 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter C followed by a-m. By Charles Gilman.
- Index C 2 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter C followed by o. By Charles Gilman.
- Index D to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter D. By Charles Gilman.
- Index E to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter E. By Charles Gilman.
- Index F to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter F. By Charles Gilman.
- Index G to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter G. By Charles Gilman.
- Index H to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter H. By Charles Gilman.
- Index I to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters I to K. By Charles Gilman.
- Index L to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter L. By Charles Gilman.
- Index M to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter M. By Charles Gilman.
- Index N to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter N. By Charles Gilman.
- Index O to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters O and Q. By Charles Gilman.
- Index P to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter P. By Charles Gilman.
- Index R to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter R. By Charles Gilman.
- Index S 1 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter S followed by A-I. By Charles Gilman.
- Index S 2 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter S followed by K-Y. By Charles Gilman.
- Index T to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter T. By Charles Gilman.
- Index U to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters U and V. By Charles Gilman.
- Index W to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters W to Z. By Charles Gilman.
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- List of fairy pieces. A long list of fairy piece name and sources. Author: Frank Truelove.
- A List of Novelty Pieces. Lists unusual pieces with move descriptions. Author: Wayne VanWeerthuizen.
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- Man and Beast 01: Constitutional Characters. Systematic naming of symmetric and forward-only coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 02: Shield Bearers. Systematic naming of divergent coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 03: From Ungulates Outward. Systematic naming of the simplest Oblique Pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 04: Generalised Generals. Systematic naming of part-symmetric coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 05: Punning by Numbers. Systematic naming of coprime triaxial oblique pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 06: The Heavy Brigade. Systematic naming of symmetric and forward-only non-coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 07: When Beasts Collide. Systematic naming of more complex oblique pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 08: Diverse Directions. Systematic naming of symmetric pieces mixing radial and oblique components. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 09: Mighty Like a Rose. Systematic naming of pieces following Curved, Crooked, or Bent paths. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 10: The Hybrid Diagonal. Systematic naming of straight coprime hex-prism-specific radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 11: Long-nosed Generals. Systematic naming of part-symmetric pieces with non-coprime components. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 12: Alternative Fronts. Systematic naming of pieces using complex mixes of forward, backward, and same-rank moves. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 13: Straight and Crooked Moving. Systematic naming of part-straight and more complex non-straight pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 14: Oddly Oblique. Systematic naming of hex-specific coprime oblique pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 15: Strengthened Across the Board. Systematic naming of pieces reinterpreting the concept of directions. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 16: Diverging Further. Systematic naming of more complex divergent pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 17: Hex Heavies. Systematic naming of non-coprime hex-specific pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 18: Complex Pieces with Simple Ratios. Systematic naming of compounds of oblique pieces with SOLLs in ratios of 1, 1½, 2, 3, and 6. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 19: The Vice Squad. Systematic naming of more complex pieces mixing radial and oblique moves. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 20: Far From Square. Systematic naming of more complex hex-specific pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast 21: Lords High Everything-Else. Systematic naming of pieces that do not fit in any of the other articles. By Charles Gilman.
- Man and Beast Overview and Glossary. Table summarising what piece characteristics Man and Beast articles cover, with glossary of terms used to describe pieces. By Charles Gilman.
- Mimics. Several pieces that can imitate the movement of other pieces. Author: David Howe.
- The most generalized piece classification ever. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
- Multipath Chess Pieces. Suggests adding "multi-path" pieces to leapers and riders classification of pieces. Author: George William Duke.
- Multiple Displacers. A multiple displacer is a version of a piece that can capture enemy pieces partway along a longer move. Author: Charles Gilman.
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- Nao. Moves like nightrider, but must jump when taking. Author: KelvinFox.
- New 3D Leapers. Leapers restricted to the diagonal and triagonal patterns of the 3D field. Author: Larry L. Smith.
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- Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. By George William Duke.
- The Prime Minister. Missing description Author: Jose Carrillo.
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- Rococo. Animated piece movement diagrams. By Peter Aronson and David Howe.
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- The ShortRange Project. Missing description Author: Joe Joyce and Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Spacious Pieces. Pieces that need a bit more open space to move. Author: Ralph Betza.
- Suffix Index to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of suffixes used in the Man and Beast series. By Charles Gilman.
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- A Taxonomy. Categorizing several types of pieces. Author: David Howe.
- The Crab: ffNbsN. Missing description By Ralph Betza.
- Thoughts on Chess with Different Pawns. The difficulties of composing Chess with Different Pawns. Author: Ralph Betza.
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- Ultima Pieces. Illustrated guide to how Ultima Pieces capture. Author: David Howe.
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- Who is Who on Eight by Eight. A compilation of Zillions-estimated piece values on an 8x8 board. Author: Ivan Derzhanski.
- Worse than Worthless. A discussion of pieces with negative value, and the Nattering Nabobs of Negativity! Author: Ralph Betza.
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