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Piececlopedia: Pushme-Pullyu. Moves like a Queen, and captures by approach and withdrawal.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Jun 5 03:30 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Mon May 26 08:53 PM:

Can't we think of a better symbol for a Pushme-Pullyu than a Knight-Camel chimera? The latter makes very little sense to me. The Pushme-Pullyu is a sort of Advancer-Withdrawer compound, and we represent the Advancer by a Ram, and the Withdrawer by an Ox. I understand the Ram, I am not sure about the Ox. An animal that kicks backwards seems a more logical choice. (Donkey?)

Anyway, it would seem logical to use a chimera of the symbols that we use for Advancer and Withdrawer.