IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL the queen was once the weakest piece in chess until the 15th century, when her powers expanded during a time of rising female monarchs in Europe — changing the game’s pace forever.www.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down12
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkTIL the queen was once the weakest piece in chess until the 15th century, when her powers expanded during a time of rising female monarchs in Europe — changing the game’s pace forever.www.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoActually, it draws out the beginning of every game, leading to more variety in the mid and endgames. By the time any of your pieces limp their way into the enemies pieces the rest of the board will also have arranged itself into chaos.
minus-squareoni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoyea, the alpha version sounds boring, at least we still have not gachapon in chess
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoA: Hello, yes, I’d like to buy a second queen. B: Oh shit. Hello, yes, I’d like to buy two queens! My credit card number is 6. That hypothetical takes place at a time when credit cards were a very new concept.
That sounds boring AF.
Actually, it draws out the beginning of every game, leading to more variety in the mid and endgames. By the time any of your pieces limp their way into the enemies pieces the rest of the board will also have arranged itself into chaos.
yea, the alpha version sounds boring, at least we still have not gachapon in chess
A: Hello, yes, I’d like to buy a second queen.
B: Oh shit. Hello, yes, I’d like to buy two queens! My credit card number is 6.
That hypothetical takes place at a time when credit cards were a very new concept.