At the time the game came to Arabia the name did not change but the portrayal was simplified. The war carriages have been a part of the old Indian army until the 5th century. The rook was already known in "Chaturanga", but there, this figure was a carriage and was called "rukh". Maybe they were inspired by the Spanish queen Isabella, the virgin of Orleans (Joan of Arc) or the holy Virgin Mary. It is still doubtful why the Spaniards, who developed the game further, have given so much power to the queen. She became the most powerful figure on the board, even more powerful than the rooks and the king. The queen won extreme amounts of power through the development of the game in the 15th century. Because they did not know the meaning of the word "Fers", they interpreted the figure as queen, because she is standing beside the king. Later, the Europeans called the figure "Fers", derived from "Firzan". The figure was taken over by the Arabs and was changed very much. The adviser, called "Firzan", could move one field diagonally and served for the safety of the king. The figure goes back to the old Persians. First, she was a man, the adviser of the king. The queen has got the most interesting history of all chess pieces. That is why castling was set in the 16th century. He is too slow to leap himself to safety. That is why a game can only be won when the enemy king is captured. An empire was defeated when the emperor was captured. This "King of kings" was a wise ruler and not a warrior the battles were fought by the generals. The king figure corresponded to the Indian emperor, the "Schah-in-Schah". While the old Indians invented chess, they designed a figure for each arm of the service. But why is the king so important and why is he so weak? The American chess player and psychoanalyst Rueben Fine who wrote the book "The psychology of chess" compared him with a worn out father figure. The king is the biggest and the most precious figure of chess.
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