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minus-square@Buffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish37•edit-25 months agoNot to mention the queen is the most powerful piece on the board, I mean WTF!? Obviously we can’t allow a woman to have that much power in a 100% male dominated society!
minus-square@empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish14•5 months agoHoly shit this might actually be the reason. Insanity
minus-square@Buffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoExactly. Whatever reason, insanity is almost definitely behind it.
minus-square@PugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•5 months agoI think the piece is named differently over that way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(chess)#Nomenclature
Not to mention the queen is the most powerful piece on the board, I mean WTF!? Obviously we can’t allow a woman to have that much power in a 100% male dominated society!
Holy shit this might actually be the reason.
Insanity
Exactly.
Whatever reason, insanity is almost definitely behind it.
That’s not the reason.
I think the piece is named differently over that way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(chess)#Nomenclature