Fairy chess pieces

thumb|Antique Indian elephant chess piece representing the king The pil, alfil, alpil, or elephant is a fairy chess piece that can jump two squares diagonally. It first appeared in shatranj. It is used in many historical and regional chess variants. It was used in standard chess before being replaced by the bishop in the 15th and 16th centuries. In modern Spanish, the bishop is still known as the alfil.

piece used in fairy chess or chess variants

The ferz or fers is a fairy chess piece that may move one square diagonally. It was used in orthodox chess and in shatranj before being replaced by the queen.

fairy chess piece that can move any number of steps as a knight in the same direction

fairy chess piece that can move like a queen or a knight

fairy chess piece; moves along ranks, files, and diagonals (like a queen) but only by hopping over another piece; if there is no piece to hop over, it cannot move

fairy chess piece that can move like a rook or a knight

fairy chess piece that can move like a bishop or a knight

fairy chess piece

fairy chess piece

fairy chess piece that moves like a rook, but can go only one square

fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally

fairy chess piece; moves like a king, but is not otherwise treated as one

A hippogonal (pronounced ) chess move is a leap m squares in one of the orthogonal directions, and n squares in the other, for any integer values of m and n. A specific type of hippogonal move can be written (m,n), usually with the smaller number first. A piece making such moves is referred to as a (m,n) hippogonal mover or (m,n) leaper. For example, the knight moves two squares in one orthogonal direction and one in the other, it is a (1,2) hippogonal mover or (1,2) leaper.