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Ubi-ubi

Games; Chess

A fairy chess piece that can move an arbitrary number of knight moves in a single turn. It must stop if it captures an enemy piece. This means that the piece becomes more powerful as the game ...

A fairy chess piece that takes on the movement capabilities of any pieces that are attacking it, otherwise it cannot move. It can take on multiple abilities at any one time and can even take on the ...

Vao

Games; Chess

A fairy chess piece that moves like a bishop but must jump over an intervening piece in order to capture.

Soucie

Games; Chess

A fairy chess piece that can move as a queen, but only by as many pieces as there are on that line.

Hypermodern

Games; Chess

Opening moves that aim to control the centre squares using high value pieces, rather than the traditional approach of controlling through pawns.

Isolani

Games; Chess

A situation where a player has a pawn on the d file but none on the c or e files. This can be effective in early and midgame but a weakness at endgame.