IIRC the reason the queen is such a powerful piece is because the original piece was called something like "The Commander" or "The Champion", and the idea of that being a separate person from the King didn't make sense once the game reached Europe amid the chivalric code and specific rules about how lords and monarchs are to be handled on the battlefield.
57You're probably after the vizier. Apocryphally, the queen's moves as currently seen originated when Queen Isobella I of Spain was pissed that the queen was a weak piece, it did indeed arise in Spain during her reign, whether for that reason is left to the reader's imagination.
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She can slay me
35The king is not weak. In 100% of games it's the last piece to fall.
Statistically the pawn to the rightmost of the white king also survives in some 70%, while the queen only has about 49% chance of survival to the end.
The knights and the pawn in front of the queen are the first to go.
32The king is not weak. In 100% of games it's the last piece to fall.
Yes, well that's because he puts everyone else in harm's way first. Typical behavior for a "noble".
67In 100% of games it's the last piece to fall.
I see we haven't been matched yet. I will quit in any of these cases (I call these legal cheats, because frankly it shouldn't be allowed):
- castling, obviously
- en passant, obviously
- promotion, obviously
- horsey jumping in front of the pawns as first move (wtf)
- pawns moving 2 squares (op)
- bishop taking my rook (unfair, I didn't mean that last move)
- me having the black (imba)
30Google the nerd emoji
9The parallel to real battles is amusing from a symbolic perspective. The survivors are the useless pieces of shit who can't even attack.
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TBF when they first married she was 13 and he was 40.
I'm really glad that the majority of the world has moved past that point. Although, it seems like only a recent development in India in 2007.
26Legal age for marriage has been 18 since 1978. Unlike many states in USA.
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5 states have no official minimum age, but still require either parental consent, court approval or both: California, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Washington.
2 states have a minimum age of 15: Hawaii and Kansas.
23 states have a minimum age of 16.
10 states have a minimum age of 17.
13ayo-
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The real story is how a king as old and frail as him managed to get a queen as young, fit and loyal as her, willing to slay anything that appears within her sight...
16The king is just 30, but his body is so frail from the hourly snu snu.
30...and centuries of royal inbreeding
12Just look at her.
He's getting no rest at all.
Salute
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It was an arranged marriage. She was 14
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That's woke. #CancelChess.
16Everyone here knows that the only way to know who's the best chess player is by having a best of 3 1v1 king only final destination with no item
15Shouldn't the black king be on a white square and the queen on her own colour?
15They're white
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Doesn't the Queen sit on her own colour?
12She sits wherever she wants, thank you very much!
14Slayyyy
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12We should rename the king to wizard and he should cast AOE spells
12I guess he kinda does, but the AOE range is only one square
3You're describing Archon
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