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Lion endgame study - 2006/06/12 04:57
The Lion is a "fairy" chess piece that appeared sometime after
Anthony Dickins introduced the "Grasshopper" in 1912. I have not been able to find who first published a Lion composition. Both were based on the Cannon, a Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) piece that first appeared in the ninth century.
The Lion (L) moves on the lines a Queen moves, except that it must first vault over a piece of either color to move on the line just beyond. Unlike the Grasshopper, it may continue on this line for as long as there are vacant squares, or until it captures an opposing piece.
I have a WWW page ("Beatnik Chess") suggesting a chess alternative in which, basicly, players set up the pieces however they can agree, or if they can't agree they set them up freely on the first three ranks, or thereabouts. So no more castling or double pawn moves (or en passant capture) is necessary. And while at it, why not throw one or two new pieces in on the game.
The Lion seems the best candidate to introduce thematic variety. To demonstrate this I have composed the miniature endgame study below. This seems like a dandy Lion problem to me, but maybe one of you can cook it.
White draws.
White (3): Kg8, Ld1, Pd7
Black (2): Ke7, Ph6.
"Beatnik Chess" is at:
http://www.silcom.com/~barnowl/beatnik-chess.htm
Thanks, Daniel VanArsdale, 10/11/03.
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