Rook = Chariot
Bishop = Elephant
Knight = Cavalry
Queen = Prime Minister
King = King
Pawn = Infantry
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.
Originally posted by greenpawn34 please refrain from calling chess
pieces an 'item'. They have feelings too you know.
Yes, 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.
Originally posted by Rank Materialist 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.
Originally posted by greenpawn34 [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.
Have 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.
I can also say that Queens will always cover 14 squares (and more).
Originally posted by Mad Rook 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." 😛
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 chariotry
Originally posted by AThousandYoung 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]
"Chariotry." I like it. But we will have to replace the castle figurines with chariots if this is to take root.
Royalty, clergy, chivalry and ... rookery? Realty?
07 Jul '10 09:17
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