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submitted 8 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/anarchychess@sopuli.xyz

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[–] CreatingMachines@fedia.io 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The title says it all. The rook is...indeed a highly mobile stone tower.

Like, I'm just imagining facing off another army, and in the distancr I see a 4 storey tower grinding through the earth at 80 km/h towards us.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'd resign on the spot.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I think that would land you in prison sadly

[–] CreatingMachines@fedia.io 3 points 8 months ago

You: Resigning on the spot. The Whole Ass Prison: Very quickly approaching your location.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago

I'd just make sure I was on the team capable of moving around stone towers.

Seems like they're going to win a lot.

[–] prof 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I wonder what the initial idea behind the rook was.

Was it always a literal tower that just squashed you?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

The original Indian form was a chariot, while the modern piece started as a war elephant with a tower and eventually was just reduced to a tower.

[–] ziggurat@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I'm not sure, but I think it is a chariot