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Shah (الشاه, SAH), Malik, Король, King

© www.espritdescalier.de - Stefan Fix, 2007 The head of Krakow's royal sheet - unlike its counterpart from Damascene production - a cross. In many Western chess games and the runner has incorporated a cross, which is not called in English "bishop". In Arabic and Turkish, the runners in check فيل "Fil" called, which means elephant. In Russian, the runner is called "слон", which is also translated as Elephant. In French, in turn, it's called "fou", which obviously means fool, madman or lunatic.


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