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In Spanish some piece names are different.

Rook = tower. Knight = horse. Bishop = alfil, maybe from Arabic for "elephant".



For us Germans it's the same, except the bishop is called "runner" or "sprinter", and the knight also "jumper" or maybe "leaper".




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