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A Glossary of Basic Chess Variant Terms. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, May 1, 2020 05:20 PM UTC:

The following terms struck me as uncommon, and on checking, I have not found them used:

  • air squares
  • capture leap
  • CVPhile
  • distant square
  • finite mover
  • heraldic piece
  • infinite mover
  • leap passively
  • leap square
  • line move

These have been used very little:

  • capture zone is used in Outer Space Chess, where it is defined as " the set of squares on which a piece could potentially capture another, were it to be there."
  • counter. While the word appears on numerous pages, I did not find any using it to mean a physical object used as a Chess piece, and it was sometimes used to mean another object used in conjunction with a Chess piece to alter its attributes or identity.
  • custodial capture is used in Minima and Latrunculi XXI.
  • cycle. While used in English Progressive Chess, as mentioned in the entry, I did not find any other game using it in the same sense.
  • leap to capture is used once in Leap Chess, though apparently with a less strict meaning.
  • line piece is used in Omega Chess and Grander Chess.
  • marker is more commonly used to mean some object on the board besides a Chess piece. Same problem as counter.

These are terms I personally consider unconventional and do not use:

  • array (I favor setup or initial setup)
  • cell (I favor space)

I'm going to take a break now and continue this later.