| @ulashima: chess was invented in India and it represents a battle between two Indian armies; you have pawns (infantry), knights (cavalry), rooks (originally, war chariots)... and elephants. It makes much more sense than having a bishop in the middle of a battlefield. (By the way, the queen was originally the great vizier. Again, it's much more logical to have a minister of the king, and not a queen, in a battlefield). |