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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I wonder what the initial idea behind the rook was.

Was it always a literal tower that just squashed you?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

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