Author: Benny Ng
Date: 09:32:47 03/26/01
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On March 26, 2001 at 00:34:16, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >On March 25, 2001 at 21:15:19, Mark Ryan wrote: > >>On March 25, 2001 at 04:42:14, Mike S. wrote: >> >>>On March 25, 2001 at 04:06:13, Severi Salminen wrote: >>> >>>>Why write a message with subject line that doesn't say anything about the >>>>contents of the message? The subject line _has a function_. >>> >>>But it works for people which are courious (like me, I immediatly wanted to know >>>what's the matter with the elephant. Is there one which can play chess. Now I'm >>>disappointed :o) >>> >>>Regards, >>>M.Scheidl >> >>Don't be disappointed. It was obviously a reference to the fact that the >>original game, chaturanga, featured elephants :) >>http://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/chaturanga.html >>Cheers, >>Mark :) > >In Russian chess pieces also have more "animal" names. Bishop is called >"elephant", knight is named "horse". > >Eugene In Indonesian also. Bishop is called "Gajah (elephant)", knight is called "Kuda (horse)". And Queen is called "Menteri (Minister!!!)". Benny Ng
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