Fairy chess piece (1,0)-rider which cannot jump). The grasshopper moves along the same lines as a queen, hopping over another piece and landing on the square immediately beyond it. Compound pieces combine the powers of two or more pieces. The archbishop, chancellor, and amazon are three popular compound pieces, combining the powers of minor orthodox chess pieces. When one of the combined pieces is a knight, the compound may be called a "knighted" piece. The archbishop, chancellor, and amazon are the knighted bishop, knighted rook, and knighted queen respectively. When one of the combined pieces is a king, the compound may be called
Pocket Mutation Chess Pocket Mutation Chess Pocket Mutation Chess is a chess variant invented by Mike Nelson in 2003. In this game a player can take a piece from the board and put it into a "pocket". The piece in the pocket can be put back on the board later. When placing the piece into the pocket the player can "mutate" the piece, i.e. change it to a different piece. The game is one of the "Recognized Chess Variants" at "The Chess Variant Pages". The starting position in this game is the same as in standard chess. Players make moves as in standard