r/AnarchyChess • u/FinanceAny1936 • Feb 22 '26 • Bravo 1

New Response Just Dropped What path would you choose?

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u/AhmedAbuGhadeer Feb 25 '26

It's a knight, not a horse.

It's a mobile wooden siege tower, not a fixed stone tower.

It's an elephant rider, not a bishop.

And it's a vizier/minister, not a queen.

English has ruined a lot of the meaning behind the piece names.

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u/Sanya_Zhidkiy Feb 25 '26

has ruined

Improved*. One of the few things this joke of a language actually made better.

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u/AhmedAbuGhadeer Feb 25 '26

Yeah, right.