Your pawns are all male?
Yeah, I checked the bottom of the pieces.
They need to be to become bishops. Unless they’re Anglican…
Chess is br*ish 🤢
I never understood what the Rook was supposed to represent. Everything else has a rough analog to actual battle. But castle towers are notable non-mobile.
Originally, the rook symbolized a chariot. The Persian word rokh means chariot, and the corresponding pieces in Oriental chess games such as xiangqi and shogi have names meaning chariot. Persian War Chariots were heavily armoured, carrying a driver and at least one ranged-weapon bearer, such as an archer.
Modern ones are akin to siege towers is my take.
In the originial, its minister, camel, elephant and horse. So minister or furry.
How does a pawn become any of the others?
You can promote to anything
You cannot promote to King or Pawn. As such, your statement is wrong and i feel betrayed.
Can’t be promoted to player either
I’d love to watch someone try to do this at a tournament. Just swapping out their pawn for an extra King with a deadpan expression.
Swap it for an enemy pawn.
I misunderstood the rules and shoved my king into my mouth, with a deadpan expression.
Too bad they cut that out of a clip of Queen’s Gambit.
Or a bionicle
The game would end when any king is captured so having more than one (as opposed to making the pawn a queen) would be a strict disadvantage. I’d allow it.
Incorrect, the game ends when a king cannot avoid capture. As such, your statement is wrong and I feel betrayed.