Re: Names of chess pieces in (con)langs

Or how about the game that Chess is based on?

It originally had FOUR sides.. Our
King/Queen/Bishop/Knight/Rook/Pawn was not the original names..
Since the same come from India, not sure if pre or post Moghul
Empire creation? I think it come from pre-Moghul empire
existance.

Mike

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nik Taylor" <yonjuuni@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: Names of chess pieces in (con)langs


> David J. Peterson wrote:
> > Speaking of chess pieces, what about the insane chess game
> > from Japan, Tai Shogi?
> >
> > http://www.shogi.net/rjhare/tai-shogi/tai-intro.html
> >
> > There are over 100 pieces, and the game is so complex, it
never
> > became popular.  Almost reminds me of modern-day
role-playing
> > board games like that game with hexagons (Warquest...?).
>
> You think THAT's bad, check out Taikyoku Shogi ("Ultimate
Shogi")
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taikyoku_shogi
>
> *208 different types* of pieces.  402 pieces total, on a 36x36
board!

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