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Simon Jepps wrote on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 03:12 PM UTC:
Hi Charles, you say:

I am slightly puzzled about how the piece relates to him. It seems odd that a deity

'of Intellect and Wisdom'


should have moves including

'Like a Fool'


The move is not so much the character of Ganesha himself, more of the Elephant itself. If you think of an Elephant, it is a 'Friend', in that it is wise, strong and helpful, and on the other hand it is like a 'Fool' because it likes to play around, squirt water at you and pinch your bum! However, it is Ganesha, the Lord of Intellect and Wisdom which acts as the authority over how this piece is interpreted like a Friend and Fool.. in that it should only be known as such in a good way.

And of course, it is the intellect and wisdom which adds the desired additional inspiration to the game.

Ganesha is commonly a piece of great interest and as per his character, great mysticism also. Ganesha can be on the one hand useless, and on the other devastatingly powerful. But coincidentally, Ganesha, the Hindu God of Intellect and Wisdom has four hands, and in Ganeshan Chess this proves true, because additionally, Ganesha can also be of equal strength within the army, and on the other, completely unpredictable ~ yet at the same time intriguingly useful.

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