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Cardinal. Moves as bishop or as knight.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Mar 1, 2003 08:30 AM UTC:
One problem with Princess is that the piece lacks the move associasted with the female rôle in mediæval society - that is, the home and refuge represented by the rook. Also the name is used only in only one of the variants listed, and so has a far worse claim than at least four alternative names.