H. G. Muller wrote on Fri, Apr 17, 2020 10:24 AM UTC:
Note that there is no indication whatsoever that the first step of the Grant-Acedrex N-then-B would be non-capturing in the Alfonso codex. This just states (after describing the real-life animal as a Rhino):
First, like leaps like a knight. It may remain on
that square if it wishes or may also continue to any square on the diagonal(s) of that square,
maintaining its movement in a forward direction from that square
I don't know where Betza got the idea (which he then himself rejects) that the piece could have been divergent.
Note that there is no indication whatsoever that the first step of the Grant-Acedrex N-then-B would be non-capturing in the Alfonso codex. This just states (after describing the real-life animal as a Rhino):
I don't know where Betza got the idea (which he then himself rejects) that the piece could have been divergent.