𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒 to Lemmy [email protected] • 7 months agoCheckmatelemmy.worldimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.14Karrow-down1imageCheckmatelemmy.world𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒 to Lemmy [email protected] • 7 months agomessage-square63fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•edit-27 months agoOkay since nobody did a serious answer, here we go: tl;dr: its a translation/interpretation error. The first documented forms of chess are all “war machines” of their time the tower was a Charioteer. When chess hits Europe someone translated charioteer with tower. Idk why, maybe because the used figures looked like a tower. And a charioteer move on a battlefield would be a storming through everything in one direction.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•7 months agoI kinda wish we’d kept the name chariot. It sounds more epic.
Okay since nobody did a serious answer, here we go:
tl;dr: its a translation/interpretation error.
The first documented forms of chess are all “war machines” of their time the tower was a Charioteer.
When chess hits Europe someone translated charioteer with tower. Idk why, maybe because the used figures looked like a tower.
And a charioteer move on a battlefield would be a storming through everything in one direction.
I kinda wish we’d kept the name chariot. It sounds more epic.
Definetly.