Why does the Bishop have a cut on his head? Is it something to do with the Protestant Reformation?

Discuss.

Here is an older topic about it:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/why-the-bishop-has-cut-on-it-s-head

because scars look cool and john chess wanted the bishop to look badass

I read once it has to do with a miter, headgear worn by high officials in the Catholic Church.

I prefer the "Protestant Reformation" explanation.

Back then, the Catholics and the Protestants spent a lot of time whacking each other on the head.

In Canada every day is a slow day.

The cut on the bishop's head in modern chess is indeed a legacy of the Protestant Reformation, reflecting a desire to reduce the visible influence of the Catholic Church on social and cultural symbols, including in the context of games.

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This is not why there is a slit on bishop pieces, but a chess teacher would say is was to remind beginners that the bishop moves diagonally, he would also say the 4 cuts on the rook's head was to remind beginners the rook moves vertical or horizontal, and that,Castle symbol 0-0 or 0-0-0 was the number of unoccupied square between the rook and king. It seemed to work for the kids. Also in over 60y of playing chess I honestly have never heard the story comparing the bishop to an elephant, but I used to have,an oriental set that the rook was a rampant on an elephant's back.