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Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Thomas McElmurry wrote on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 11:36 PM PDT:
My understanding is that the Half-Duck moves as a (1,1)- (2,0)- or (3,0)-leaper; that is, it can move one square diagonally or two or three squares orthogonally, regardless of whether there are pieces on the intervening squares.