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Bent Riders. A discussion of pieces, like the Gryphon, that take a step then move as riders.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Wed, Apr 15, 2020 05:04 PM UTC:

Indeed. The W-then-R and F-then-B would have overlapping paths, which could be considered a design flaw.

All these pieces have a leap followed by sliding. Of course there also are the 'hook movers' of the large Shogi variants, which have both legs of their move a slide, which makes them immensely powerful.