TIL 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.

IamNobuddy@lemmy.world · 18 days ago

TIL 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.

webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 18 days ago

Article says the queen got overhauled in 15 century to become the most powerful piece but nothing about it being the weakest prior.

Was hoping this would detail how pieces moved through time.

Takapapatapaka@lemmy.world · 18 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)

hansolo@lemmy.today · 18 days ago

That sounds boring AF.

ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world · 18 days ago

They should update it to include legislatures, private military contractors, etc… It really hasn’t kept up with the times, if I’m honest.

edgemaster72@lemmy.world · edit-2 18 days ago

Modern chess would just be two types of pieces, pawns and oligarchs, winner gets all the marbles from Hungry Hungry Hippos except for 1 that we, the hippos, are allowed to fight amongst ourselves to keep

TIL 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.

TIL 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.

The Epic History of Chess: Origin, Rules, and Evolution