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Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, May 10, 2003 07:33 AM UTC:
'The Unicorn represents Scotland...' Perhaps that is why the name was used in 3d Chess for the triagonal linepiece, whose forward moves viewed head-on form the saltire of Scotland's flag. After all, the Bishop's forward moves in 3d form a cross. As the largest populations calling the Bishop a Bishop are English-speaking it is likely that by now he would be Anglican anyway. The Japanese seem to think so as they call the plain Bishop an Anglemover - suggesting the Bishops of Norwich, Bury St. Edmunds, Ely, and Peterborough giving moving sermons to Anglian Anglicans! They call your enhanced Bishop a Dragonhorse - draw your own conclusions!