Sujet : Re: OT Weird Chess News.
De : wthyde1953 (at) *nospam* gmail.com (William Hyde)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 09. Jun 2025, 20:51:35
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The Horny Goat wrote:
On Tue, 20 May 2025 15:43:09 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
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.
About the only place Chess was played in Europe in the mid 15th
century was in Constantinople
The Arab game was played in Spain for centuries before the changes that made modern chess.
There are records of chess being played in Northern Europe almost back to 1200 AD. The Lewis chessmen are dated to before 1200.
William Hyde
OT Weird Chess News.
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