Grasshopper
Moves and captures like a Queen but must hop over another piece to the square next beyond that piece.
History & Origins
Introduced by T. R. Dawson in 1913 in problems published in the Cheltenham Examiner newspaper.
- Symbol
- G
- Notation
- gQ
- Value
- Aliases
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- Grasshopper Damate Game
- Queen-Hopper
- Saltamonte Spanish
- Sauterelle French
- Sprinkhaan Dutch
Move & Capture