13 Amazing Facts About Chess - Chess Forums - Page 2

CuzinVinny · 2015-06-04T16:27:40-07:00

Did you know... Initially, the Queen could only move one square at a time, diagonally. Later, she could move two squares at a time, diagonally. It wasn’t until Reconquista Spain, with its powerful queen Isabella, that the Queen became the strongest piece on the board. The number of possibilitie

BohdanTatarchuk

Mar 5, 2023

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Nice facts

Cheeseman57373

Mar 8, 2023

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#22

Cool

Cheeseman57373

Mar 8, 2023

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#23

Cool

Gfgfggr6

Mar 13, 2023

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#24

It help me on my homework

Derek-C-Goodwin

Mar 13, 2023

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#25

Nice post, Rukh (rook) is the basket on an indian war elephant that the archers (usually) sat in.

Artefarct

Aug 13, 2023

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the number of possible chess games is much much greater than 10^120. This number was mentioned in the very past and is still used, but very wrong.

Mountainstreak

Aug 14, 2023

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TourDeChess7

Aug 14, 2023

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#28

CuzinVinny wrote:

Did you know...

Kirk and Spock have played chess three times on the show Star Trek. Kirk won all three games.

Kirk cheats, "Kobayashi Maru." "Highly illogical and improbable." Spock Rematch!