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The Piececlopedia is intended as a scholarly reference concerning the history and naming conventions of pieces used in Chess variants. But it is not a set of standards concerning what you must call pieces in newly invented games.

Piececlopedia: Wildebeest

Historical notes

Drawn by Stable Diffusion, this is an AI generated image, not a photo of an actual piece.

The Wildebeest was invented for Wildebeest Chess by R. Wayne Schmittberger, which was published in his 1992 book New Rules for Classic Games.

Movement

The Wildebeest is a compound piece that moves as a Knight or a Camel. So, it is both a 1-2 leaper and a 1-3 leaper. The diagram below shows the spaces it can leap directly to.

Purchase

The Musketeer Chess line of Chess variant pieces includes kits with Wildebeest pieces in them.

Musketeer Chess Variant Kit - Wizard & Wildebeest - Black & Natural — Buy on ebay:

Musketeer Chess Variant Kit - Wizard & Wildebeest - Black & White — Buy on ebay:

Written by Fergus Duniho

WWW page created: April 26, 2023