Why Is the Rook so Short?

Interesting observation!

Maybe it's cause the rook is really old. Queens, kings, and bishops generally live around the same age, which is rarely past 100 years. Pawns tend to not live as long due to poverty, and knights less, cause they are horses. But the rook lives for 1000s of years!

Maybe gravity overtook the rook over the years, making it the size it is today.

We need a Game of Thrones chess set. They had knights in those books.

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I hope you're having fun.

Hey, this thread hit 500! Who would've thought!?

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It'll never make it to 1000 if you keep that up.  

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(dialectal past tense and past participle of think)

You mean "Who woulda done thunked"?

Good catch. I think Buford inadvertently stepped out of character with "would've."

You are busted!

That question is not going to let me sleep

Well, don't forget to let us know if you come up with the answer.

There are chess sets where the rook is larger. Why does size matter so much? 

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Get your mind out of the gutter.  This is about height, not size.