Chess Pieces

Submitted by Eldeon101 on Tue, 08/12/2008 at 8:01am.

Have you ever wondered why the queen is more powerful than the king? I have. It just doesn't seem right. Let me know what you think about this.~  

                                                   Eldeon101 

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by rich - 15 months ago
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I could tell you loads, on the other pieces even the Bishop was restricted and other stuff, you would be surprised at the old way. I've got a history book on chess. :P

by Eldeon101 - 15 months ago
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thanks rich

by rich - 15 months ago
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I was laughing at firestare500, my opinion is that basically that's how the games played in our days ! heres something you will like ! Over the years the Queen has switched gender ! Originally (s)he played her part on the board as a Farzin, a wise man who counselled the king. His powers were restriced to moving only one sqaure in a diagonal direction. When chess came too Europe this chess piece was known as a "fers" ' a corruption of the perian "farzin". In medieval European culture it was accepted that the person next to a king should be a queen. Two sets of chessmen have survied from that time, the Lewis chessmen in the British Museum and a group of figural chessmen kept at the Bibliothque Nationale in Paris; both show queens seated on a throne.

by Eldeon101 - 15 months ago
Tallahassee United States
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Yeah.... Thanks for your opinion.... ?

by rich - 15 months ago
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Lol.

by Eldeon101 - 15 months ago
Tallahassee United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 159

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by firestare500 - 15 months ago
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lol its a game. Its because theking is a fat, lazy lump of flesh.The queen is the one that does all the work(just like in real life:-P)

 

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