(Fwd) Chess game

Stefan Baums sb51 at SOAS.AC.UK
Thu Dec 16 16:48:42 UTC 1999


On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 12:46:06PM +0000, Vidhyanath Rao wrote:
> The answer is that originally `Queen' = minister/general.
> Similarly, `Bishop' = elephant and `castle' = chariot.

Wasn't it the other way around (elephant -> castle, chariot ->
bishop)?

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