I still don't know more about the Panda's history than I wrote in the historical notes section. I don't know where the name Panda occurred first, I got it from Peter Aronson. In the Jelliss reference, only ski, skip, and slip pieces are mentioned.
You may want to look at Charles Gilman's Commedia dell'Arte Chess where he names slip-B Bear, slip-Q Harlekin, and also the compounds Rook+slip-B Columbine and Bishop+slip-R Clown.
I still don't know more about the Panda's history than I wrote in the historical notes section. I don't know where the name Panda occurred first, I got it from Peter Aronson. In the Jelliss reference, only ski, skip, and slip pieces are mentioned.
You may want to look at Charles Gilman's Commedia dell'Arte Chess where he names slip-B Bear, slip-Q Harlekin, and also the compounds Rook+slip-B Columbine and Bishop+slip-R Clown.