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Gnu. (Updated!) Compound of Knight (1-2 leaper) and Camel (1-3) leaper.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sun, Mar 30, 2003 08:57 AM UTC:
Michael Howe is right, the singular is Gnu and Wildebeest is an exact synonym. In Wildebeest Chess it is part of a matching for the ancient Knight what recent standard pieces are to the equally ancient Rook. The Camel move is simply a Knight move turned through 45° and multiplied by root 2, as a Bishop move is to a corresponding Rook move (consider the triangle b2-a3-c4). Thus this piece combines the Knight and its colourbound dual as the Queen does the Rook and its.