Does playing chess need a killer instinct? I don't know, but would assume so based on the way people boot their opponents after getting defeated in online chess.
Well, chess does have something to do with fangs and claws, and also with the herbivorous sections of the world fauna. There's the weird Hippopotamus Defence, Hedgehog formation and my all-time (semantic, not cullinary) favourite - Fried Fox.
There are chess variants with esoteric names - Camel and Rhino chess is the most picturesque. Have a look at:
http://play.chessvariants.org/pbm/presets/camel_and_rhino_chess.html
And yes, in Hindi, pieces like Rooks, Bishops and Knights are known as Haathi (Elephants), Unt (Camels) and Ghode (Horses) respectively.
It's a jungle out there!
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