Trans queens, queen is most powerful piece, king weakest. WOKE
this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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Might not be trans if all the other pieces are women too, which would be woke but in a different way.
everyone knows the pawn industry exploits women
That's even more woke!!
Like musk said, only 64 squares, not fog of war, too easy.
I would easily believe musk has lost every game of chess he's ever played
He refuses to use the queen at all because he doesn't believe women can have power and using the Queen would be "woke".
There are more ways a chess game can go than there atoms in the universe... He's a fool.
He is a fool, and chess is a difficult game, but the reason you've cited here is also true for Go Fish.
Polytopia solves this.
(Okay actually I don't like Chess because too much of the game is memorising openings. The game is only fun if you suck or if you're already a grandmaster. All the in between parts are unfun. That's why I prefer Go.)
It’s called Go Fish, not Go - that’s a programming language.
Am I being wooshed here? Aren't Go and Go Fish two completely different games?
You’re both right and being wooshed. (And maybe missed you that Go is also the name of a programming language?)
I'm 1600 fide and have yet to see a game actually be decided by someone memorising openings
At 1600 you might have moved above those who play that way. I've played a bit in the past and I reached 1200 and it seemed like opponents really relied on their openings. If I recognised their opening and played a completely random move they did not know what to do.
Openings are very hyped because "crush xyz in 12 moves" is a really good sell. "Do the hard work and you'll actually improve after like months or years if you do it consistently" is not such a good sell.
And so every new player studies a lot of openings, gets a theoretical grandmaster position (yay, you're equal as Black) and then blunder a piece and lose anyway.
You've never gotten into a better or worse position cuz someone knew an opening trap and the other person did not? GM's fall for that shit every so often so you must not play a lot of chess or something.
Of course it's happened, but saying it's because of the opening is not correct. It's because I didn't calculate well and my other skills were not good enough. In very fast time controls it can give you a big edge if you're good at memorization, but most opening lines work only in very specific circumstances and you can play maaany games before you see it.
Fairly often one player will be in a position where they are more comfortable in intermediate games, but the game is far from over.
Weaker players sometimes fall apart entirely in the opening, but unless you're in the market for the world champion title, there's absolutely no need to memorize openings. Games are decided either by simple tactics or endgame knowledge more than anything at the lower levels.
Well then git gud.
I liked Battle Chess back in the day because it had chess rules but made the capturing of squares more exciting.
So, at least it got a graphics upgrade after about 1500 years. But, I got tired of it because still, it's just chess. There's no random element, every game starts the same way. Other games like poker are also largely skill based games, but at least each game starts differently.
And the queen is too OP, with no QOL improvements the last 1000 years.
The pawns can only advance? What is this, a banzai charge?
The last major rules update for chess was only in the 19th century. Plus minor rules are updated all the time
Nerf Knights, Buff Bishops.
Skill issue