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[-] cynar@lemmy.world 68 points 7 months ago

It makes a lot more sense in the earlier versions of chess. The queen used to be the "Vizier". The sultan made the decisions, the Vizier ran around and implemented them.

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 months ago

that's what it's called in my language.

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 42 points 7 months ago

The higher ups are fighting for the kingdom but the pawns are fighting for hrt

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 7 months ago

Getting all of your pawns to become queens. The move I call "The King's Harem."

[-] ErrantRoleplayer@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

All pawn are actually female, because at most, they can only ever be Queens.

[-] eerongal@ttrpg.network 29 points 7 months ago

You can actually promote a pawn to any other piece as well (rook, bishop, knight, etc.), this is known as underpromotion. It's mostly a "why would you ever do that?" thing, though.

[-] ShadowAndFlame@mander.xyz 24 points 7 months ago

There are some situations where promoting to a Queen would result in a stalemate

[-] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

Or to humiliate your opponent

[-] divineslayer@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

Or possibly promoting to knight would give you checkmate where queen wouldn’t.

[-] nexguy@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

That's why they said "at most"

[-] Lepsea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

The newest research on this topic found out that the "pawn" is actually hermaphrodite.

[-] exocrinous@startrek.website 0 points 7 months ago

No, all pawns are trans. They can end up either as a queen or a knight.

[-] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 7 points 7 months ago

"But you already have a queen on the board"

"Have you heard of a sex act called 'the ladder mate'? You're the bottom bitch"

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