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Bishop. Moves arbitrary number of unobstructed squares diagonally.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Gergely Buglyó wrote on Tue, Aug 24, 2004 05:39 AM EDT:
In fact, 'futár' means 'messenger' in Hungarian, but in chess the bishop is called 'futó', which could mean 'runner' indeed. (I'm not sure if the word 'futó' is derived from 'futár'.)