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Joe Joyce wrote on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 01:25 AM UTC:
Gary Gifford used 'spearman' pawns, that had the ability to either move 1
square the way the spear was pointed, capturing anything in that square, or
change its direction of movement [and capture] one step, the three forward
directions being available. 

I'm currently playing a game of Grand Ducal Chess with John Ayer, which
uses a pair of lame bishop-dabbabah-riders, This game, 2009 by John, was
adapted from Emperor Chess, 12x12, 1954 by HR Lambert, NYC, which uses the
lame bishop-dabbabah-rider as the title piece. I would suggest this
somewhat weaker early version of the adjutant might be more suitable in
some games, being far more blockable than Mats' adjutant.