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Piececlopedia: Grasshopper

Historical notes

The grasshopper was invented in 1912 by the well known fairy chess problems composer T. R. Dawson from Britain. It is one of the two most used fairy chess pieces in problems; probably tens of thousands fairy chess problems have been composed using the grasshopper.

A chess variant featuring grasshoppers has also been invented: Grasshopper chess.

Movement

The grasshopper moves on the queens lines, but must jump and lands at the first square after the piece he jumps. To be precise: the grasshopper moves in horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction until it meets a piece (either friendly or unfriendly). It jumps over the piece and goes to the first square on the line after the piece that it jumped over. If that square is occupied by a piece from the opponent, that piece is taken, i.e., the grasshopper takes in the same way as it moves without taking.

Movement diagram

This is an item in the Piececlopedia: an overview of different (fairy) chess pieces.

Written by Hans Bodlaender. Diagram by Ben Good.

WWW page created: September 4, 1998. Last modified: September 14, 1998.

The above was authored by: Hans L. Bodlaender. The above was invented by: T. R. Dawson.
Last modified on: February 19, 2001.

See also:

Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender Inventor: Joseph Boyer

Grasshopper Chess. Row of grasshoppers behind the pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander Inventor: Joseph Boyer

Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers. Author: Antoine Fourrière Inventor: Joseph Boyer

Andernach-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over changes color By: Ben Good

Circe-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over returns to its starting square By: Ben Good

Contragrasshopper. Moves as queen but must always jump first. Author: Ben Good

Einstein-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over changes type By: Ben Good

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