PugJesus@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoThe highly mobile stone towerlemmy.worldimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down12
arrow-up1195arrow-down1imageThe highly mobile stone towerlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareproflinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI wonder what the initial idea behind the rook was. Was it always a literal tower that just squashed you?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year 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-up7·1 year 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