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Those new to #chess are often taken by surprise by specialized moves like castling and π¦π― π±π’π΄π΄π’π―π΅ and π·π°ππ΅π³π°π― π±π¦π΅πͺπ΅π¦, in which all the pieces lost may reform into one giant super-piece with powers to move to any two squares at the same time. Via @Thinkwert 22 comments
@RustyBertrand There's always Dogbert Chess. "My queen has an Uzi in her purse. She slays your entire side." ;) @RustyBertrand Alt text: A chess board. The white pieces are deployed normally, while the black pieces have been assembled into a humanoid robot. @RustyBertrand XD !! In Aliens Vs Marine Chess.. the Alien Queen usually zerg rushes the marines by laying thousands of new pawn eggs ;D Only the Marine Queen can stand a chance if the player performs La manΕuvre de Ripley and adds the optional powerloader piece onto the board :) A very similar move to the Voltron Petite I guess ;D  Which is the one where your piece is an alien spawn and two moves after you capture an opponent a new alien spawn erupts from the piece? @RustyBertrand Fun facts: π¦π― π±π’π΄π΄π’π―π΅ was introduced in response to the pawn two-square advance, which itself was introduced (as early as the 13th century) to speed up the early game. ππ°ππ΅π³π°π― π±π¦π΅πͺπ΅π¦ was added during the French Revolution, to reflect the widespread conclusion that traditional authority figures (such as π£πͺπ΄π©π°π±π΄ and π¬πͺπ―π¨π΄) would eventually be replaced by secular cybernetic conglomerates. @RustyBertrand My partner thought I was making up π¦π― π±π’π΄π΄π’π―π΅ so I doubt I'd be able to get away with the much more obscure voltron. Got to be worth a try though! @RustyBertrand You've got to love this Voltron Petite. When was it first introduced to Chess and by whom? @NWengrov It was introduced by Atertumn Bohipnees around the time magnets were first mass produced, circa 1935. Eventually the magnets were only used in travel chess sets, but their original use was in Bohipnees' voltron chess set design. By the 1930s scientists had produced the first Alnico magnet. By 1966 the first Samarium-Cobalt magnets were produced with an energy capable of 18 MGOe and were refined to be able to achieve 30 MGOe by 1972.  @RustyBertrand there was this game https://www.irlchess.com/2012/08/05/heidenfeld-kerins-dublin-1973/ where a player castled twice. I thought it would be great to try to break that record.  @RustyBertrand Wait, wait, hold on. I remember this. A long time ago I saw this on the original Power Rangers. Every time the bad guy was winning she'd do this and then the Power Rangers would summon their giant mechas and win every single time. This move seems superior, but it's actually a 100% guaranteed failure!  @RustyBertrand my child actually invented a physical game like that once, and used tape and hot glue to stick pieces together from cheap plastic sets to make new pieces. And yes, they were shaped like Giant human shaped robots.  |
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@RustyBertrand It takes a true Grand Master to Transformer chess into a robot battle against kings.