thx epiloqueen
How do the elephants move again?
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You mean bishops?
They move diagonally to any number of squares unless their path is blocked by a piece.
Epiloque wrote:
Erez_Shmerling wrote:
You mean bishops?
They move diagonally to any number of squares unless their path is blocked by a piece.
No, he is talking about a variant in which bishops are called elephants. They are forced to move 2 squares diagonally, they can do no more or no less
But if so, then the topic should be in the "Chess variants" section.
Since it isn't so I assume he is talking about regular chess.
Nov 6, 2020
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We should all be thankful that some dudes in Spain and Italy decided to change the rules. I complain about classical chess being dull, but Shatranj is classical chess on tranquilizers.
MagnusSonOfCarI wrote:
But I thought there were elephants in the normal game too?
Exactly, in Russian chess bishops are called elephants.
Probably the chess piece that is called elephant in your language is called bishop in English.
I forgot how the elephants move.