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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Has also maintained an active playerbase for 1500+ years

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Has also maintained an active playerbase for 1500+ years

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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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    Ah, there was a rule update just “recently” (1971). You could technically castle across the vertical board if you promoted to rook.

    https://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/12/11/outside-the-box/

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      Castling itself (as a single move) is a 17th century balance update. Before that it was done as separate moves. But the only reason castling became a thing was because the Queen and Bishop were buffed in the 15th century allowing them to threaten more spaces. This made it more advantageous to fortify the king’s position than to have him flee.

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      O-O-O-O-O-O#

      Jesus christ, lol

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        The Picard Maneuver of checkmates if I’ve ever seen one

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            PIcard tried to pull some shit and the dog knocked the pieces over in frustration, I’m certain

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              Picard opened with the Amar: Krazy Kat variation and the dog couldn’t help himself.

              (I had no idea this opening existed. I just googled, assuming there had to be one with “cat” in the name)

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      Google en passant vertical castling

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