Re: OT Weird Chess News.

On Tue, 20 May 2025 15:43:09 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
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It occurred to me last night that, since the most powerful piece is
the Queen, chess could be banned as woke or as DEI.

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There is some "scholarly" writing which claims that the increase in the
power of the queen from the weakest to strongest piece reflected an
increase in women's rights about 1400-1500. Very DEI.
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But perhaps they could ask Anne Boleyn or Catherine Howard about that.

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About the only place Chess was played in Europe in the mid 15th
century was in Constantinople

though the fall of Constantinope in 1453
was critical to the spread of Chess in Europe - meaning that in time
time of Henry VIII Chess was still a bit of a novelty in Europe.