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That en passant was hot. Be my queen. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] cynar@lemmy.world 69 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It makes a lot more sense in the earlier versions of chess. The queen used to be the "Vizier". The sultan made the decisions, the Vizier ran around and implemented them.

[โ€“] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago

that's what it's called in my language.