• Limonene@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    >not a single balance update since the 8th century

    You’re just begging AnarchyChess to correct you.

    • nadiaraven@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      OK, I looked it up on Wikipedia. The bishop and queen were the last to have their moves set changed to the modern form in the 15th or 16th century. But even since then there have been some tweaks, such as the 3 move and 50 move rules for draws, and the orientation of the board. So you could maybe argue no balancing since the 16th century, and only a few bug fixes after that.

          • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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            9 months ago

            It’s French for “in passing”. It’s a special move for taking a pawn with another pawn, if the first pawn tries using its double space first move to go past an enemy pawn.

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                Are you like an idiot or something? You actually thought asking “what’s en passant?” Was going to come across as funny or sarcastic? Do you actually think everyone knows what en passant is? Most people don’t know how to play chess, yet you think asking what en passant is, is some sort of witty thing? Moron.

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                    9 months ago

                    Someone failing to recognize a niche joke from a small community is not a whoosh. And of course he doesn’t get the joke. Because it’s a niche joke from a small community.

      • lordmauve@programming.dev
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        9 months ago

        Yeah, chess was really hard when the board had to be vertical. Horizontal orientation was a huge improvement to the player experience.

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      9 months ago

      Castle was put in place around the 17th century, and en passant wasn’t put into the rules until 1880. Both were balance issues being solved.