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Bishop. Moves arbitrary number of unobstructed squares diagonally.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sun, Mar 9, 2003 10:22 AM UTC:
The plot thickens. In Russian the Bishop itself is known by the word for an elephant, generally transliterated as Slon and rhyming with the English Pawn. Does anyone know how they distinguish the two - perhaps Novy Slon (new elephant) for the Bishop and Stary Slon (old elephant) for the Alfil? A book I read says that the Hungarians call the piece Futar, but gives no literal meaning. Does anyone know the literal meaning?