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From: Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
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Subject: Re: OT Weird Chess News.
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 12:47:15 -0000 (UTC)
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The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> schrieb:
> On Tue, 20 May 2025 15:43:09 -0400, William Hyde
><wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> It occurred to me last night that, since the most powerful piece is
>>> the Queen, chess could be banned as woke or as DEI.
>>
>>There is some "scholarly" writing which claims that the increase in the 
>>power of the queen from the weakest to strongest piece reflected an 
>>increase in women's rights about 1400-1500. Very DEI.
>>
>>But perhaps they could ask Anne Boleyn or Catherine Howard about that.
>
> About the only place Chess was played in Europe in the mid 15th
> century was in Constantinople

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne_chessmen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_chessmen

> though the fall of Constantinope in 1453
> was critical to the spread of Chess in Europe - meaning that in time
> time of Henry VIII Chess was still a bit of a novelty in Europe.

Not really novel...