Please switch to OpenChess, it is open source, community supported, and free. Yes it lacks some key features that chess has, namely pawns and rooks, but but there are several promising forks of the project that are working on these pieces.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh god, please no, that's too real

[–] olivertzeng@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

True

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 34 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It all went to hell when they started pandering and removed the Queen's giant knockers and made it the most powerful piece.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

But... the knockers were what made it the most powerful

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 19 points 3 months ago

Obligatory "use Lichess" comment.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichess

[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gary chess has been too busy working on chess2 with magnet cumstain since you were going pipi in your pampers

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm on that Chess3 shit now. They have B-52s in that shit.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Nobody listen to him. What he calls "Chess3" is going out to an abandoned crack shed where he's going to do nothing but blare "Love Shack" while making you play at gunpoint.

Fourth worst chess experience of my life, wouldn't even let me play Rock Lobster.

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago

Last week I was playing chess at the local park and encountered a mayor bug. I would have reported it but it crawled alway

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, yes. The Chess Company. Chess Co. Founded by Robert Chess.

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Robert Chess is a fraud. The real master mind behind chess was Thomas Chess. His brother just stole his idea and ran with it

[–] velvetThunder@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I still hate Clint Stealing. The founder of stealing. The world didn't deserve this cruelty.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Meanwhile algorithms were invented by a Persian scholar Muhammad Algorithm

[–] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Not true, Thomas Chess has as much claim as Robert Chess regarding ownership since the roots of the original can be traced back to the notes of their father Sir Gary Chess the First.

The line is quite well preserved within the Chess family but internal conflicts are known to occur

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was based on the video game Battle Chess from the 1980s. WTF Nintendo?

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ah yes, the video that got me back into chess as an adult.

immature adult that is

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I’ll still watch and laugh every time

[–] sag@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

Atleast dev didn't add Vanguard.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To be fair there is chess evolved online with over 500 different pieces and chess piece lootboxes if you want a more modern take on the classic game

[–] cdf12345@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

“Spiritual successor”

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

What are you talking about, dude? They just patched that bug that let you castle along the file.

[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago

The best review of chess is right here IMO

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Not to mention the devs mega simped right before they left.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

And.dont even get me started on problematic collabs. I mean come on, Harry Potter?

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Inaccurate. They patched the vertical castling exploit in the 70s.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

users of the Giant Chess Without Turns mod beg to differ

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I regret that I wasted time reading most of this.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

This has strong javascript programmers criticising elm vibes for me.

[–] trucy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Holy shit outerheaven, haven't heard about this instance in a while

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

What about chess battle advanced?

[–] emmy67@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

One real reason to boycott them is that they aren't trans friendly.