Centaur (chess)

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A centaur is a fairy chess piece that can move like a mann or a knight. In other words, it can move one space in any direction, or can leap (jump over other pieces) as a knight. A centaur is not royal.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Movement

The centaur moves and captures as a mann or a knight.

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

The centaur can move to any adjacent square (arrows) or square with a dot.

Value

The centaur is worth approximately six points. It is more powerful than a rook in the opening to middlegame when the board is crowded, but loses power in the endgame to long-range pieces like the bishop.

Notes

References

• Piececlopedia: Centaur by Fergus Duniho and Peter Aronson, The Chess Variant Pages