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I didn’t realize different languages had different meanings for the piece. That’s fascinating.

That's exactly what I was going to say 🤣

Pretty sure it's original name translates to elephant in English, and is still called that in many countries.

Now I'm picturing a deep fried Joker meme with him wearing that silly hat

Pointer and pretzel are the only acceptable names moving forward

In german it's called a "Läufer" or walker

yeah that's the elephant in a lot of eastern countries.

Yeah in chess's Asian cousins the equivalent piece is usually an advisor or general. And then there's Japan, where they just call it "angle-mover".

(Worth noting that it's by far the most blandly named shogi piece. Rooks, for example are "flying chariots".)

In Spanish is called alfil, derived from the Arabic for "elephant".

i don’t remember what this image is can someone clue me in lol /genuine

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We either call it runner (tekač/laufar) or jumper (skakač) hunter (lovec) don't know which one is the officially accepted name.

Edit: the horse is indeed the jumper I messed up.

Bi-Shop and Straight-Shop

Sluggy Freelance had a pretty good and extensive storyline about this, but I guess the comic never really got indexed because my searches are returning nothing.

So I guess you should just read Sluggy Freelance in its entirety, or at least until you find the relevant storyline.

Is that you measurehead?

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sometimes I forget how old chee is that saying 'fairly late' had me thinking 1900s not middle ages

You mean like, on your screen or in your room?

Do you need me to call someone?