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Alfil. Jumps two diagonally. Arabic for the elephant.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
M. Howe wrote on Fri, Jul 26, 2002 04:09 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
Your point is well taken.  I'd like to see pieces given linguistically
valid names.  Unfortunately, it's been called an alfil for so long and by
so many that I doubt the more correct feil will take hold, even though it
deserves to.