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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

In German they’re called "Turm" which literally translates to tower…

I suppose siege towers would make sense, however I’ve never seen a chess set that didn’t have them look like a castle. (Which could be one reason they look like that, so castling actually produces a castle)