The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 4 days agoWhy doesn't anyone ever promote to king? Are we stupid?sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1203
arrow-up1203imageWhy doesn't anyone ever promote to king? Are we stupid?sopuli.xyzThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 4 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareAshelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up56·4 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-up23·4 days agoMy ex-wife showed me this gambit.
minus-squarepdxfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 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.