Well... Ever been to a horse jumping competition?
I am much more astonished about what the tower is capable to do...
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As a other comment mentioned, it was originally a chariot, which makes the moveset a bit more sensible
Chess is oooooold.
And while moving from India to Europe over the span of more than 1000 years, it was adapted to local circumstance.
I am especially fond of how a war elephant became a battle fighting bishop.
That's some Anime-level character premise! :-)
In french instead of a bishop it's called a fool which is neat
I like that, although the Knight's moves look way more like a fool's :-)
Here in Germany the Bishop is called "Läufer", which means "Runner" and actually makes even a bit more sense than the original war elephant.
In Ukraine the bishop is either called the elephant (returning to the original version) or the officer (I think that one was forced by russian empire, but also was used during Soviet era)
you think that's impressive? they have towers that can race across entire fields in one move, the queen has flash's powers, the lowliest soldiers can be promoted to the king's wife.
Imagine the dude who killed bin laden got promoted to Michelle Obama?
A squad of horses can maneuvre through a field occupied by infantry, though rarely straight through. The bishops actually represent elephants and the rooks are chariots, both which can charge in long straight lines!
Horse OP pls nerf.
Oh man, I can't wait for this week's chess patch notes!
i see it as knight lances having to attack on an obligue, so their horses won’t ram into each other. and the lances giving them extra reach
In German, we call the lower image "Pfluft" and I think that's beautiful. /j
Explanation for the non-Germans:
Horse in German is "Pferd", so "Pf-Erd".
"Erd" = "ground" in German.
So naturally the second pic is "Pfluft", or "Pf-Luft", because
"Luft" = "air" in German.
And people say we have no humor.
TBF, it typically is kinda cryptic (the "Pfluft" joke being a good example here)...
To be added: "Horses in Skyrim"
!anarchychess@sopuli.xyz moment
Holy hell