PugJesus@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoThe highly mobile stone towerlemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareprof@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 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-up1·3 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.
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.