the rook was supposed to be a bird. the lazy architect of the 1st ever set of chess pieces, instead of providing a blueprint, pointed his workman to a rook perched on a tower for specifications, and the rest is history.
Well well, it seems like we missed something. This may also be a plausible explanation. I guess the discussion is back to being open.
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laziness is the mother of most of history.
--- And laziness is also the mother of invention ?
Geez, a little chess history will put an end to all of these descriptions. A rukh is a chariot. A bishop is an elephant. The queen is new and was a vizier. Read:
Swedish and german are more logical languages. We call the piece torn/turm /tower in english). The piece that looks like a horse we call spingare/springer (jumper in english).
Swedish and german are more logical languages. We call the piece torn/turm /tower in english). The piece that looks like a horse we call spingare/springer (jumper in english).
Congratulations on resurrecting the dumbest topic in chess.com's history for no reason.
Swedish and german are more logical languages. We call the piece torn/turm /tower in english). The piece that looks like a horse we call spingare/springer (jumper in english).
Congratulations on resurrecting the dumbest topic in chess.com's history for no reason.
Well, there are always those who follow even the dumbest threads...
This isn’t anywhere even _close_ to the dumbest thread on chess.com
This isn’t anywhere even _close_ to the dumbest thread on chess.com
Well, pretty much everything that's written here is either blatantly false or just dumb.
Meanwhile, all the information the OP was looking for required 20-30 seconds of googling. This was true in 2017, also true now.
This isn’t anywhere even _close_ to the dumbest thread on chess.com
Well, pretty much everything that's written here is either blatantly false or just dumb.
Meanwhile, all the information the OP was looking for required 20-30 seconds of googling. This was true in 2017, also true now.
You don’t know what you are talking about.
Anyway it´s not much of a mystery why a piece that looks like a tower is called tower. Seems apt somehow.
Now, we were fortunate enough not to engage in the colonial Vietnam war, but we do suffer bishops. In chss, however. we call that piece "löpare" (runner or messenger). My knowledge of vietnamese bishops is nil.
My head is still screwed on.
My head is still screwed on.
In the End, there can be only One!
Let´s meet outside holy ground.
My head is still screwed on.
In the End, there can be only One!
Let´s meet outside holy ground.
That's what I love about chess.
Chess is the closest thing to Highlander.
Imagine an immortal running a chess shop. He would have all different chess sets from different times and different battles and different places. He would hide in plain sight because nobody knew he lived through those times and those battles.
The T.V. series had at least one episode with Duncan playing/teaching chess to some snobbish son of a King.
the rook was supposed to be a bird. the lazy architect of the 1st ever set of chess pieces, instead of providing a blueprint, pointed his workman to a rook perched on a tower for specifications, and the rest is history.