• Tomtits
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    243 days ago

    Queen is the most powerful piece on the board and they don’t like that?

    • @dfense@lemmy.world
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      62 days ago

      Last time this came up, I learned that the piece we in the west call queen (you guys in English anyway, in German its Dame (meaning Lady)) is actually called Vesir/Consultant in that region. I think Wikipedia has a list per language, quite interesting.

      • @phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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        32 days ago

        Wazir (Vesir in some languages) is a king’s advisor. Consultant doesn’t really fit. The role’s more like a medieval chancellor.

    • @nogooduser@lemmy.world
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      93 days ago

      That’s easy to fix… new rules where the king and queen swap roles. Although that would mean protecting a woman above the men so maybe not.