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> Most adults have at least a passing familiarity with the rules of chess If anyone ever needed proof that HN lives in a bubble :)
by 0xBABAD00C 8y ago
> Most adults have at least a passing familiarity with the rules of chess
If anyone ever needed proof that HN lives in a bubble :)
- V-2 8y agoIn fact even those adults who do play chess more often than not don't really know the rules beyond a passing familiarity ;) There was this funny piece at chess.com quoting some of the complaints they receive from angry users about capturing en passant: https://www.chess.com/article/view/his-pawn-cheated-and-killed-my-pawn https://www.chess.com/article/view/his-pawn-cheated-and-kill... :)
- simen 8y agoI did say passing familiarity, which is not a very high bar to clear. It's been my experience, and I don't travel much in rarefied intellectual circles.
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