Pro@programming.dev to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoThe Taliban has banned a lot of things ... but chess?www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkThe Taliban has banned a lot of things ... but chess?www.npr.orgPro@programming.dev to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoQueen is the most powerful piece on the board and they don’t like that?
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoThat’s easy to fix… new rules where the king and queen swap roles. Although that would mean protecting a woman above the men so maybe not.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoThe woman barely has freedom of movement except once in her life and only by chauffeur. The woman is never actually captured. The game ends when her capture is imminent. The goal of the game is to kidnap someone else’s wife. Seems Taliban-friendly!
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoActually, a piece that only moves or moves differently in the presence of another sounds like it could be interesting.
Queen is the most powerful piece on the board and they don’t like that?
That’s easy to fix… new rules where the king and queen swap roles. Although that would mean protecting a woman above the men so maybe not.
The woman barely has freedom of movement except once in her life and only by chauffeur.
The woman is never actually captured. The game ends when her capture is imminent.
The goal of the game is to kidnap someone else’s wife.
Seems Taliban-friendly!
Actually, a piece that only moves or moves differently in the presence of another sounds like it could be interesting.
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