Wednesday, January 4, 2012

ANSWER: Games

Bishop

The canonical chessmen date back to the Staunton chess set of 1849. The piece's deep groove symbolizes a bishop's (or abbot's) mitre. The groove originates from the original form of the piece, an elephant with the groove represented the elephant's tusks (see photo in the history section). The British chose to call the piece the bishop because the projections at the top resembled a mitre.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 431-373

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