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By the HORSE method, CV enthusiasts can just think of a name and then
design the CV. This naming-first has been done with, we suspect, such as
Alice Chess, Dragonchess, Nemeroth, Altair, Tetrahedral, both Omega
Chesses, to mention a few. It is not so uncommon. In those cases, at least
probably, the name was percolating -- or so logical as to be compelling -- and
the exact Rules came later. As usual, Falcon Chess is intermediate case.
In January 1988, over 20 years ago, I had the (1930's) Novo Chess two
path (2,4)(3,4) squares in mind on 8x10, and 10x10. In other words,
straight-diagonal-diagonal, s-s-d, d-s-s, and diagonal-diagonal-straight,
as we called them then, in plain words.  Then around 1990 came the name
Falcon out of the blue. Then in December 1992, talking with veterinarian friend
Vera Cole, it occurred to me that straight-diagonal-straight and
diagonal-straight-diagonal are equally valid: three-path multi-path.
Actually far better, requisite taken as a whole and mathematically
speaking. Thus the B-N-R complement, the only one such, discovered late
1992, was already named. So good naming can come any time in the process.
The name can be afterthought, even painful for some, or can catalyze the
game-Rules themselves -- what we are exploring here in the follow-up.