Neutral piece: Belongs to whichever side chooses to use it. It can therefore be moved or captured by White or Black, and in Circe it is reborn according to capture. A King may not be moved onto a square controlled by a neutral piece, because of self-check.
LEO(LE): (0,1)+(1,1) Chinese. Chinese Queen. Moves as Queen, but captures only by hopping over a hurdle to any square beyond.
PAO(PA): (0,1) Chinese. Chinese piece operating along Rook lines: moves as Rook, but captures only by hopping over a hurdle to any square beyond.
VAO(VA): (1,1) Chinese. Chinese piece operating along Bishop lines: moves as Bishop, but captures only by hopping over a hurdle to any square beyond.
NAO(NA): (1,2) Chinese. Chinese piece operating along the lines of Nightrider (Nightrider(N): (1,2) Rider. Operates along straight lines with squares lying a Knight’s move away from each other).
No.1203Igor Kochulov Russia original – 10.04.2017 For JF’s 5 years jubilee