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Index B to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter B.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Charles Gilman wrote on Thu, Feb 3, 2011 01:26 AM EST:
Actually you raised a good point, that the origins of names for Heir (and in future pages Count, Cross, Point, and Saltire) compounds do need a bit more explaining in terms of being derived from their symmetrc (Baron, Duke, Ferz, Wazir, Viceroy) counterparts. I have made the relevant clarifications.
	As for whether what I am doing is of any worth, I am doing it on demand rather than by choice. If it shows up inadequarte names more easily then that may help eliminate them. It was not so long ago that I first read of Pasha for Wazir+Ferz+Dabbaba+Elephant and extrapolated it to names for other one-and-two-step pieces. This allowed the elimination of several names with no prior meaning and Barchick may yet be replaced on a similar basis.