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Chess is not only racist but also sexist. How come the king is the most important piece on the board but the queen is completely expendable?! And, for goodness

by zeteo 5y ago

Chess is not only racist but also sexist. How come the king is the most important piece on the board but the queen is completely expendable?! And, for goodness sake, the game features actual white knights.

colordrops 5y ago
Can't tell if sarcasm.
- gorwell 5y ago
  Sometimes people can't tell with Titania McGrath, a masterclass in satire. https://twitter.com/TitaniaMcGrath https://twitter.com/TitaniaMcGrath
  - toxik 5y ago
    You should always be careful with satire, Poe’s law and all. Funny stuff though.
pletsch 5y ago
The Queen is a significantly better piece. The King needs to be protected and is borderline unusable until end game, where the Queen is the most powerful piece from start to finish. This is so evident that in higher levels of play, people just resign when they lose their Queen.
- l33t2328 5y ago
  In higher levels of play people rarely just “lose” their queen.
- zeteo 5y ago
  If by higher you mean 1000 ELO then sure. In actual tournament play it's very rare for someone to blunder a queen and resign. Queen exchanges happen in most games and queen sacrifices are fairly common. There are no king exchanges or sacrifices.
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