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[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 year ago
[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 60 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I checked the bottom of the pieces.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago

They need to be to become bishops. Unless they're Anglican....

Chess is br*ish 🤢

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I'm torn between "pawndrogynous" and "anpawngynous"

[-] chumbalumber 4 points 1 year ago

Non binary pawns pog

[-] Muscar@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago

Nothing in the image or title implies the gender of the pawn or that all pawns are the same gender though... they might be all female or mixed, none of the options are gender specific.

[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago

'Changing gender' to become a queen implies a non-female initial gender.

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 29 points 1 year ago

I never understood what the Rook was supposed to represent. Everything else has a rough analog to actual battle. But castle towers are notable non-mobile.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Originally, the rook symbolized a chariot. The Persian word rokh means chariot, and the corresponding pieces in Oriental chess games such as xiangqi and shogi have names meaning chariot. Persian War Chariots were heavily armoured, carrying a driver and at least one ranged-weapon bearer, such as an archer.

Modern ones are akin to siege towers is my take.

[-] accideath@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

In German they’re called "Turm" which literally translates to tower…

I suppose siege towers would make sense, however I’ve never seen a chess set that didn’t have them look like a castle. (Which could be one reason they look like that, so castling actually produces a castle)

[-] neptune@dmv.social 8 points 1 year ago

You haven't played enough Stronghold

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

My take is that they represent a fort, or to put it another way, an engineer Corp. They attack linearly, which makes them bad at offense, but they're powerful field control.

They can't get out early and it's easy to spot their attacks, but their range is fantastic

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

siege tower.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 17 points 1 year ago

Pawns are all just temporarily embarrassed Queens.

[-] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

How does a pawn become any of the others?

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

You can promote to anything

[-] Bigmouse@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

You cannot promote to King or Pawn. As such, your statement is wrong and i feel betrayed.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I'd love to watch someone try to do this at a tournament. Just swapping out their pawn for an extra King with a deadpan expression.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I misunderstood the rules and shoved my king into my mouth, with a deadpan expression.

Too bad they cut that out of a clip of Queen's Gambit.

[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Or a bionicle

[-] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Granted, but checkmate on either of the kings = loss

E: And now that I think about it, forking the kinds would also have to be a loss.

[-] Alivrah@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Can't be promoted to player either

[-] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Pawns were players and players were pawns, once upon a time. Now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time.

Oh, just like real life.

[-] jojowakaki@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

In the originial, its minister, camel, elephant and horse. So minister or furry.

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