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Has also maintained an active playerbase for 1500+ years (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Not quite true. Before the ~15th century, the queen moved like the king and the pawns could only move 1 square from their starting square. These changes were made to make the game more exciting and less slow.

[–] leon_sm 28 points 10 months ago

Also castling and en Passant

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That old set excavated in Britain (Lewis Chessmen) had other pieces as well, such as the Berserker.