Star

Moves like a Queen but captures by leaping over an intervening piece and taking the piece on the Sorceress's destination square (the captured piece can be any number of squares beyond the hurdle).

Symbol

S

Notation

mQcpQ

Value

Aliases

• Leo Akenhead's Chess (1947) Dawson (1914)
• Sorceress Akenhead's Chess (1947) Terachess (Cazaux, 2008)
• Star Fairy Chess problems