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    In Hindu chess, what piece is substituted for the bishop?

    Question #96797. Asked by storky1. (Jun 19 08 8:49 PM)


    queproblema

    		In Chaturanga, the elephant roughly corresponds to the bishop, although it doesn't move diagonally. I would say that the bishop was later substituted for its predecessor, the war elephant.

    http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/elephant.htm

    See the table towards the bottom of the Wiki page.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_chess

    Jun 19 08, 9:19 PM

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