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Samsy@lemmy.ml 3 months agoOkay since nobody did a serious answer, here we go:
tl;dr: its a translation error.
The first documented forms of chess are all “war machines” of their time the tower was a Charioteer.
When chess hits Europe someone translated charioteer with tower. Idk why, maybe because the used figures looked like a tower.
Eiri@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I kinda wish we’d kept the name chariot. It sounds more epic.
Samsy@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Definetly.