PugJesus@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 11 days agoThe highly mobile stone towerlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down12
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkThe highly mobile stone towerlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareprof@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 days agoI wonder what the initial idea behind the rook was. Was it always a literal tower that just squashed you?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 days 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-up7·10 days 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