Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL each pawn in chess had a specific name/profession based on its starting position on the boarden.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1388arrow-down19
arrow-up1379arrow-down1external-linkTIL each pawn in chess had a specific name/profession based on its starting position on the boarden.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoI think he was there in passing Or in the French…
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoWell, the bishop is called the “fou” which literally translates to mad/insane, but iirc it’s a recent name
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoWith his famously oversized headwear, would that make him… The Mad Hatter
I think he was there in passing
Or in the French…
Well, the bishop is called the “fou” which literally translates to mad/insane, but iirc it’s a recent name
With his famously oversized headwear, would that make him…
The Mad Hatter