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Fibnif. Moves one diagonally or makes a forwards or backwards knight jump.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Feb 8 10:09 PM UTC:

As Aurelian explained, this was Greg's initiative. He wanted to get rid of all these silly names obtained from trying to pronounce the Betza move notation. So in ChessV Bede became Cleric, Half Duck became Lion, and he asked if anyone had an idea for Fibnif. Aurelian came up with Lancer, and we liked it, because the Fibnif is a narrow piece, and in battle Lancers cannot easily turn sideways, because of their long lance.