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Are there other things I should add?

Are you able to provide links or more complete citations to the sources you cite on this piece?

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https://www.scribd.com/document/335068737/Chess-Simple-Variants page 10

Presumably Fergus meant adding the relevant links to the actual text of the page. I'd be particularly interested in a Parlett reference if you can track it down. Likewise a link to at least one of the Gilman games (probably Commedia dell'Arte, maybe GraTiA; could in principle also cite M&B6) referred to wouldn't be amiss, and you could also mention Rook Mania which seems to be the only other game using it so far (discounting one I've been cooking up).

Searching for both Panda and Slip‐Rook using the Google Custom Search I have the distinct impression that the Panda is most popular as a piece component rather than on its own: it's been combined with the Ferz (or as Bastion), the Knight, the Bishop, and of course the Slip‐Bishop (as Harlequin or Erlqueen); allowed to capture as full Rook; and there's even been an augmented halfling version.

Obviously these latter aren't the slip‐rook itself, but it's been noted a couple of times that, especially for less‐common pieces like these, covering closely‐related pieces on the same Piececlopedia page (especially when these are themselves too rare to warrant an article of their own) might be worth doing — I've done this on both of my Piececlopedia articles and H. G. has suggested the same recently.

Probably the 5 different versions discussed in M&B6 aren't worth mentioning: all appearances thus far seem to be ‘even‐leap’ — not even the lame panda seems to have seen use (though, for reasons that make sense in context, my aforementioned unsubmitted idea involves an ‘odd‐leap’ panda). Likewise Fender and Marshswitcher (M&B6/8 for Panda+F/N) probably don't deserve mention as they were never used in a game under those names.

I fully support the adding of the rare compounds, like you suggested. Will also add the sources. Man and Beast are probably too much.

I can only find references where George Peter Jellis typed it.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.mayhematics.com/v/simplevariants.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjI6q7hldyMAxXKlu4BHRwtI7sQFnoECCcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0rHQ4hHidq7b6Q3qUzAa6Y

Maybe Slip Queen/Erlkönigin deserves its own page.

I made some changes to the text and added an AI concept art image of a Slip-Rook. I did try making images of a Panda, but its coloring makes it hard to distinguish white and black pieces while also keeping it recognizable as a panda. I am currently hunting through online copies of The Problemist to find any reference to this piece. I looked for Parlett and Jelliss in the index, found Jelliss, and am looking through the pages he is on.

According to Jelliss, it appeared in a 1977 problem there by JJ Secker

Edit: problem found in november 1977 issue. It is problem F407. The magazine also mentions invention by Parlett

Thanks for mentioning that, since I had already gone past it. I'll add details after I have taken care of some chores and errands.

I have now published this. I added a fairy chess problem that was published for the piece, and I added myself as co-author.

What is the xBetza code for a Slip Rook?

qR, [W?DD], WyyafW, or (afmpaf)W.

I am trying to create an Interactive Diagram for the fairy chess problem I included on the page, but it is adding extra Black pieces I have not designated in the ID code. How can I fix this? For the sake of comparison, I am currently displaying the static diagram along with it. Once the ID works, I'll hide the static diagram when JavaScript is enabled.

symmetry=none

The editor Fergus Duniho has revised this page.

Thanks, that fixed it.