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.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

The higher ups are fighting for the kingdom but the pawns are fighting for hrt

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 2 years ago

Getting all of your pawns to become queens. The move I call "The King's Harem."

[–] ErrantRoleplayer@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All pawn are actually female, because at most, they can only ever be Queens.

[–] eerongal@ttrpg.network 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can actually promote a pawn to any other piece as well (rook, bishop, knight, etc.), this is known as underpromotion. It's mostly a "why would you ever do that?" thing, though.

[–] ShadowAndFlame@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

There are some situations where promoting to a Queen would result in a stalemate