IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL 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.www.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down12
arrow-up1148arrow-down1external-linkTIL 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.www.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours ago in the 15th century when the queen became the strongest piece and the bishop’s reach doubled. I assume bishops were limited to moving 4 spaces? What were the Queen rules?
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agoOriginally queen could only move one square diagonally and the bishop (elephant) move exactly 2 spaces diagonally with a jump. https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturanga/
minus-squareCrazazy [hey hi! :D]@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoIIRC move 1 space in any diagonal but that might be even before then
I assume bishops were limited to moving 4 spaces? What were the Queen rules?
Originally queen could only move one square diagonally and the bishop (elephant) move exactly 2 spaces diagonally with a jump.
https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturanga/
IIRC move 1 space in any diagonal but that might be even before then