The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 9 days agoWhy doesn't anyone ever promote to king? Are we stupid?sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1204
arrow-up1204imageWhy doesn't anyone ever promote to king? Are we stupid?sopuli.xyzThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 9 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareAshelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up57·8 days agoBecause that activates a royal coup, where the new king plus half of your pieces turn a third color on the board
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·8 days agoMy ex-wife showed me this gambit.
minus-squarepdxfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoCalvin would have made a great Chess player.
Because that activates a royal coup, where the new king plus half of your pieces turn a third color on the board
My ex-wife showed me this gambit.
Blue team has joined the game.
Schism!
Calvin would have made a great Chess player.