PugJesus@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoThe highly mobile stone towerlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe highly mobile stone towerlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareprof@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI wonder what the initial idea behind the rook was. Was it always a literal tower that just squashed you?
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI’m not sure, but I think it is a chariot
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 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?
I’m not sure, but I think it is a chariot
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.