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💡📝Charles Gilman wrote on Sun, Jan 24, 2010 07:43 AM UTC:

The Threeleaper and Fourleaper in their full 3d glory - Ninja+Trebuchet and Sabbaba+Drummer+Cobbler - are in MAB 19, as indeed are the full 3d Rooteighteenleaper and Rootthirtytwoleaper - Nimel+Tripper and Furtherlump+Minorlump+Commuter - and the Fiveleaper and Rootfiftyleaper existing in 2d anyway - Antelope+Quibbler and Namel+Quitter. The radial 2d components of these and their compounds are in MAB 06. These compenents of the Threeleaper/Fourleaper/Fiveleaper/R50leaper I there term Trebuchet/Cobbler/Quibbler/Quitter. The compounds are Trebuchet+Tripper=Trilby, Cobbler+Commuter+Colby, Quibbler+Quitter=Quilby, Tripper+Cobbler=Macette, Tripper+Quibbler=Bezette, and Commuter+Quibbler=Rigette. I suppose logically MAB 19 could include the full Threeleaper+R18leaper=Nintu+Trilby=Threetriangulator and the like. Would anyone welcome inclusion of such pieces?

Ome-step divergent pieces are in MAB 02. Fusilier is, I believe, an alternative name for the Steward, the piece that moves without capturing as a Wazir and captures as a Ferz. The piece that moves with or without capturing as a Wazir and captures as a Ferz is the Xaja Wazir. The Ajax Ferz moves without capturing as a Wazir and with or without capturing as a Ferz. The piece that moves without capturing as a Ferz and captures as a Wazir I term the Contrasteward, but I once saw it termed the Guardian somewhere since, probably only a problematist usage so far. It would be interesting to know if anyone thinks it worth substituting Guardian for Contrasteward and devising similar replacements for Contrawaiter and Contrabutler.

Out of curiosity, does anyone think that I'm flogging a dead horse by terming the MAB 12 Sextoranker+Ninjafiler compound Mule? This is something of a dead-end name for a Stockable piece (i.e. one like the Brook, Fwezir, et cetera), as I am noticing as I introduce ever more such pieces. Were it called the Nsexton as copying the logic for radial pieces would dictate I could then extrapolate to Elfranker+Underfiler=Uelf, Fenceranker+Lectufiler=Lfencer, Brook+Nsexton=Nsenvasser, Unicorn+Nsexton=Nsefila, Brook+Uelf=Nleaseholder, Unicorn+Uelf=Nleprechaun, et cetera. The Stock forms of these, which MAB 15 would cover, are Stock analogues to the Camel, Zebra, Marshal, Cardinal, Canvasser, and Caliph. I could also name analogues for the Gnu/Gazelle/Bison if to Sexton+Elf=Morgai and Ninja+Lecturer=Coallure I added names for Ninja+Underscore, Sexton+Fencer, Elf+Fencer, and Underscore+Lecturer.