>not a single balance update since the 8th century
You’re just begging AnarchyChess to correct you.
OK, I looked it up on Wikipedia. The bishop and queen were the last to have their moves set changed to the modern form in the 15th or 16th century. But even since then there have been some tweaks, such as the 3 move and 50 move rules for draws, and the orientation of the board. So you could maybe argue no balancing since the 16th century, and only a few bug fixes after that.
Yeah, chess was really hard when the board had to be vertical. Horizontal orientation was a huge improvement to the player experience.
En passant wasn’t even added until 1880.
What’s en passant?
It’s French for “in passing”. It’s a special move for taking a pawn with another pawn, if the first pawn tries using its double space first move to go past an enemy pawn.
Woosh
Are you like an idiot or something? You actually thought asking “what’s en passant?” Was going to come across as funny or sarcastic? Do you actually think everyone knows what en passant is? Most people don’t know how to play chess, yet you think asking what en passant is, is some sort of witty thing? Moron.
Now I am confused about if you get the joke or not.
But bots have become a big problem for this game recently.
White is OP, known issue since 1889 and devs haven’t addressed it. Dead game
Not quite true. Before the ~15th century, the queen moved like the king and the pawns could only move 1 square from their starting square. These changes were made to make the game more exciting and less slow.
Also castling and en Passant
