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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bishop pieces are called camels in some Indian languages.

Rooks are elephants and Queen is advisor.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Interesting, in Ukrainian, bishop is the elephant

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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