The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 6 months agoWhy doesn't anyone ever promote to king? Are we stupid?sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1218
arrow-up1218imageWhy doesn't anyone ever promote to king? Are we stupid?sopuli.xyzThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 6 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareAshelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up62·6 months 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-up26·6 months agoMy ex-wife showed me this gambit.
minus-squarepdxfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months 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.