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Motorotor. Variant where two platforms slowly orbit a central board. (11x11, Cells: 43) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Carlos Martín-Fuert wrote on Mon, Jun 30, 2003 03:33 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
As a matter of fact, I think I remember some game by Fergus Duniho called
'British Chess' or something like that, using the piece you named
'Luxury Bishop' (or 'Pawnshop'), which he called 'Anglican Bishop'.

The reason for the name was, according to Mr. Duniho, that normal
(Catholic) Bishops had made a vow that they should remain colourbound,
whereas Anglican Bishops had not.

Anyway, I also liked the pun about the BmW being 'Bayerische
MotorWagen'. It may seem irrelevant to some people, but I always liked
those stupid things about names of the pieces having a story behind.