Why do you think the Queen was decided to be the strongest piece?

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LeonSKennedy992

I mean back then when chess was created, women were inferior...and still in many countries they are still considered inferior, sadly.  (though modern feminists can go to hell honestly).

 

Anyway, why do you think the Queen was made BY FAR the strongest piece.  Why not backward where we must protect the queen?

 

Post your thoughts below.

Martin_Stahl

Originally the piece only moved one square diagonally and used to be a counselor/minister/vizier before being introduced to Europe where some started calling it a queen, along with the other courtly appellations for the rest of the major pieces.

 

The current power and movement didn't become standard until much later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(chess)

sharkey101

They possess the box

Ezonafugall10

Because it is a women & we love women

The_Chin_Of_Quinn
StupidGM wrote:

Chess was invented by a pair of married lesbians who, in that era, could not divorce or marry, so two Queens designed a plot to murder their husbands so that they could be together.

lol