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Vao. moves like bishop but must jump when taking.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Zhennan Su wrote on Sun, Mar 24 02:39 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from Wed Feb 21 05:04 PM:

Hi there, this is Z.Su#34 himself :) I am a Chinese video uploader, and have been interested in chess variants for about 10 years. As far as I know, the name 弩 has been used for a translation for vao since 2014 , however it is derived from 弩车(Ballista), not crossbow, because both 炮 and 弩 are types of ranged siege machine. This is widely accepted in Chinese forums. If you need further infomation, I will be pleased to help.