IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square20fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down13
arrow-up1150arrow-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 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareoni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoyea, the alpha version sounds boring, at least we still have not gachapon in chess
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months 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.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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.
That sounds boring AF.
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.
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.