• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    12 days ago

    Chess is oooooold.

    And while moving from India to Europe over the span of more than 1000 years, it was adapted to local circumstance.

    I am especially fond of how a war elephant became a battle fighting bishop.
    That’s some Anime-level character premise! :-)

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        12 days ago

        I like that, although the Knight’s moves look way more like a fool’s :-)

        Here in Germany the Bishop is called “Läufer”, which means “Runner” and actually makes even a bit more sense than the original war elephant.

    • rockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafe
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      11 days ago

      In Ukraine the bishop is either called the elephant (returning to the original version) or the officer (I think that one was forced by russian empire, but also was used during Soviet era)