When Did Chess First Make Sense?

when I realized that 42 was the answer

 now that make sense.

I miss drive ins.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes look like a major blockbuster release after watching From Hell It Came (Killer Tree Attacks).  

Chess started to make sense in around 1492 when they extended the range of the queen's movement.

  lol

it started to make sense when rich stopped calling rook castle,chariot or cannon.

nope, left ages ago

 The chessmen could be called anything and the game would remain the same as long as the laws remained the same.

I have a chess set made from salt and pepper shakers. Once a shaker is called a knight, it is a knight during the game. I only play skittle games with.

They (Europeans) overlook that the game is an image of battle, for which reason the terms Queen and Bishop are inappropriate and ought to be replaced by Supreme General and Elephant - as is the practice among eastern nations who were the founders and inventors of the game.  -  Thomas Hyde (1694)

I guess Thomas Hyde hadn't heard of queens who ruled their lands as mighty military leaders and warriors.  pff

The concept of attacking/defending a square was a milestone. 

yes, this is still a new discovery (needs work), but very important to the game, and responsible for a few of my recent wins.

I think they mean an empty square.  You know, like a key point, maybe a future outpost, a useful square to launch an attack, or an infiltration point in an endgame.  Junk like that.

this is stupid