Last gameplay patch was in the 70s, when they fixed the vertical castling exploit.
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Stern@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoUMM ACKSHUALLY the queen was added in the 15th century, replacing the weaker vizier.
Klear@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Whoa, they had vertical castling?
Klear@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Whoa, I’d never heard of that. Thanks!
Scio@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In my first language we still call the chess queen a vizier!