Talk:Chaturaji

Doubts about the names of the Chaturaji pieces

In the sources on chess history known to me, the alfil of elephant is always the piece moving diagonally. See Sharanj. The roca or boat moves horizontally and vertically. What is more, there is a straight ethymologic line between the Sanskrit word roca and the Englsh words rook and rochade. Of course a lot can happen in 1500 years, but I wonder about the reliability of your information. Bertus van Heusden 22:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I checked Murray and Pritchard, the terminology is correct in this article. It is based on description given by Beruni. Still, there is some uncertainty about piece names or moves, since Beruni could have described it incorrectly. See Murray's book on more detail, if you don't have it, see here. Andreas Kaufmann 17:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]