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*The '''[[king (chess)|king]]''' and '''[[rook (chess)|rook]]''' move as they do in modern [[chess]]. Their [[Fairy chess piece#Ralph Betza's "funny notation"|Betza notation]] are thus '''K''' and '''R''' respectively.

*The '''aanca''' (a beautiful and fearsome bird, very similar to a [[roc (mythology)|roc]], sometimes translated incorrectly as gryphon) moves one square diagonally (like a [[ferz (chess)|ferz]]), before continuing orthogonally outward any number of squares. Its Betza notation is '''t[FR]'''.

*The '''rhinoceros''' moves like a modern [[knight (chess)|knight]], before continuing diagonally outward any number of squares. (In [[H. J. R. Murray]]'s translation, its first move is a non-capturing knight move, after which it acts as a bishop for the rest of the game.) Its Betza notation is '''t[NB]'''.

*The '''lion''' moves like a [[threeleaper (chess)|threeleaper]] or a [[camel (chess)|camel]], and can jump (a combined (3,0)-[[fairy chess piece|leaper]] and (3,1)-leaper). (In Murray's translation, it can only move as a threeleaper.) Its Betza notation is '''HL'''.

*The '''giraffe''' moves like a [[zebra (chess)|zebra]], a (3,2)-leaper. (In Murray's translation, it is a (4,1)-leaper.) In Betza notation is '''J'''.

*The '''crocodile''' moves like the modern [[bishop (chess)|bishop]]. Its Betza notation is '''B'''.