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    2712 days ago

    From the Wikipedia articles of chess and shatranj (old middle-east/south asia ancestor of chess), without checking their sources :

    • king, knight, rook and pawn move the same (except the initial 2 squares for the pawn, which were introduced later)
    • queen only moves one square at a time diagonally
    • bishop only moves two squares at a time diagonally (jumping over potential pieces)
      • oni ᓚᘏᗢ
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        911 days ago

        yea, the alpha version sounds boring, at least we still have not gachapon in chess

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          611 days ago

          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.

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        311 days ago

        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.