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

© www.espritdescalier.de - Stefan Fix, 2007 The head of the king adorns Krakow - unlike his counterpart from Damascene production - a cross. In many Western chess also has incorporated a cross-country skiers, who 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 is known to mean fool, madman or lunatic.


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