Originally posted by AThousandYoungChess has been around about 1500 years and has changed considerably in that time. Your list conflates modern chess pieces, which date back only as far as medieval Europe, with their original ancestors from ancient India. The fact that Rooks don't look like chariots and Bishops don't look like elephants should have been a big clue.
HISTORY FAIL
Rook = Chariot
Bishop = Elephant
Knight = Cavalry
Queen = Prime Minister
King = King
Pawn = Infantry
And what's the PM doing in there?
Originally posted by greenpawn34Yes, but you must treat them like mindless automatons or they will end up taking over your life. I know I'm in trouble when they start talking to me. That's when I take a break from the game and put the "items" back in their box.
please refrain from calling chess
pieces an 'item'. They have feelings too you know.
Originally posted by Rank MaterialistRaja, Mantri, Gajah, Ashva, Ratha, Padati
Chess has been around about 1500 years and has changed considerably in that time. Your list conflates modern chess pieces, which date back only as far as medieval Europe, with their original ancestors from ancient India. The fact that Rooks don't look like chariots and Bishops don't look like elephants should have been a big clue.
And what's the PM doing in there?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess
Originally posted by greenpawn34Have you experimented with other stacking? On many sets, you can hang the Knights on teh ledge at teh top of the queen and then stack another piece on top.
[b]"Why all this effort to make each item end with the letter Y? "
ParShooter started it that's Y.
Rooks are the only pieces that you can balance one on top of one and other.
In a bored moment I have had eight rooks towered up.
Place a Rook anywhere on an open board.
And no matter where they are they will always cover 14 squares.
You cannot say that about any other chess piece.
I can also say that Queens will always cover 14 squares (and more).
Yup Rooks can be ashtrays and you can also use them
to cut out shapes in pastry and bake Rook Biscuits.
Or you can glue them base first on either side of your neck
when you want to do impressions of Frankenstein.
It is also the only pieces that has a chess move within it's name.
ROOK it's telling you castle Kingside.
The Rook is also the oldest original piece on the board.
All the others have had the way they move tampered with
sometime in the past. Not the Rook.
You can even turn them upside down on the board and they are Queens.
The Rook is King.
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Originally posted by greenpawn34The Black Rooks do not control d8 or d7.
Never tried that with the Queen and Knights. Will try it tonight.
Queen 27 in the centre, in the corner 21.
[fen]8/8/8/3Q4/8/8/8/Q7 w - - 0 1[/fen]
She losses a quarter of her power where as Rooks never lose nothing.
Another fact:
[fen]6r1/1r6/8/8/8/8/3R4/3R4 w - - 0 1[/fen]
The Black Rooks control 28 squares. The White Rooks 20.
So one should never double Rooks.
Originally posted by Mad RookThe precursors of chess originated in India during the Gupta empire,[1][2][3][4] where its early form in the 6th century was known as chaturaṅga, which translates as "four divisions [of the military]": infantry, cavalry, elephantry, and chariotry
Well, you guys can call it what you will, but somehow I just can't see myself saying, "You must connect your rookery (rookage? ) in the opening." 😛
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess
Originally posted by AThousandYoung"Chariotry." I like it. But we will have to replace the castle figurines with chariots if this is to take root.
The precursors of chess originated in India during the Gupta empire,[1][2][3][4] where its early form in the 6th century was known as chaturaṅga, which translates as "four divisions [of the military]": infantry, cavalry, elephantry, and [b]chariotry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess[/b]