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how would chess work if the king and queen were equal

[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

how would chess work if the king and queen were equal

It would stop the king being so useless

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

how would chess work if the king and queen were equal

Good point !!

I wonder why the creators gave all the power to the Queen ??

Very modern idea !!


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[user104658]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Good point !!

I wonder why the creators gave all the power to the Queen ??

Very modern idea !!


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Do you play chess?

The Queen is the strongest and most useful piece on the board but the game is about killing the King ... the King is still the rimary piece on the board. A skilled enough player can win a game of chess even if they lose their queen half way through the game. Probably not against a very good/evenly matched player, but a professional player would likely still easily beat an average player even if they started with NO queen at all.

I suppose you could modernise the game by letting the player pick which piece takes each role? An interesting twist .

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

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Do you play chess?

The Queen is the strongest and most useful piece on the board but the game is about killing the King ... the King is still the rimary piece on the board. A skilled enough player can win a game of chess even if they lose their queen half way through the game. Probably not against a very good/evenly matched player, but a professional player would likely still easily beat an average player even if they started with NO queen at all.

I suppose you could modernise the game by letting the player pick which piece takes each role? An interesting twist .

I know the basics and even then I always relied very heavily on the Queen


As regards your idea about choosing which piece plays which role .. I’m thinking you could spice things up by each having two all-powerful Queens !!

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[user104658]

Originally Posted by Zizu

I know the basics and even then I always relied very heavily on the Queen


As regards your idea about choosing which piece plays which role .. I’m thinking you could spice things up by each having two all-powerful Queens !!

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You can promote pawns to queens so, technically, you could have up to 9 queens. Realistically more than 2 or 3 seems unlikely

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

You can promote pawns to queens so, technically, you could have up to 9 queens. Realistically more than 2 or 3 seems unlikely

I did NOT know that !!

I knew you could double up in drafts / draughts …


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[user104658]

Originally Posted by Zizu

I did NOT know that !!

I knew you could double up in drafts / draughts …


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If you get a pawn all the way across the board you can promote it, gaining a 2nd queen is a quite common tactic. I guess you could call one Liz and one Camilla

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Good point !!

I wonder why the creators gave all the power to the Queen ??

Very modern idea !!


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Before chess came to Europe there was no queen, the piece was the king's advisor but its moves were more restricted. The queen was introduced to Europe in the 15th century and it's believed the queen was made a powerful figure because of European queens at the time and their power struggles. That's how I understand it at least.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

Before chess came to Europe there was no queen, the piece was the king's advisor but its moves were more restricted. The queen was introduced to Europe in the 15th century and it's believed the queen was made a powerful figure because of European queens at the time and their power struggles. That's how I understand it at least.

That's quite interesting actually Livia . It does make sense in terms of how the game is played, that the "King" is really just a generic "ruler" (be it king, Queen, Emperor or whatever) and the "Queen" is more like a Game-of-Thrones style "Kingsguard".