PugJesus@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoThe highly mobile stone towerlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down12
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minus-squareprof@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoI wonder what the initial idea behind the rook was. Was it always a literal tower that just squashed you?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months agoThe original Indian form was a chariot, while the modern piece started as a war elephant with a tower and eventually was just reduced to a tower.
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoI’m not sure, but I think it is a chariot
I wonder what the initial idea behind the rook was.
Was it always a literal tower that just squashed you?
The original Indian form was a chariot, while the modern piece started as a war elephant with a tower and eventually was just reduced to a tower.
I’m not sure, but I think it is a chariot