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Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jeremy Good wrote on Wed, Jun 21, 2006 06:10 PM UTC:
It sounds Italian doesn't it? I had been thinking it was some ancient Italian construct of chess. The word 'Berolina' apparently means 'From Berlin' [self-edited out a specious reference here to origins of name for pawn.]