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Avoid the bishop (static.explosm.net)
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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bishop pieces are called camels in some Indian languages.

Rooks are elephants and Queen is advisor.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting, in Ukrainian, bishop is the elephant

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

Wait, what the fuck? Bishop is an English (and Portuguese) thing and not a Catholic thing?