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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.
En passant wasn't even added until 1880.
More of a hotfix than a balance update imo
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.
Someone failing to recognize a niche joke from a small community is not a whoosh. And of course he doesn't get the joke. Because it's a niche joke from a small community.
Wow. Heaven forbid I used a joke from the largest online chess influencers following when there are multiple threads on this post from the same community...
No one said you can't make jokes. It was only pointed out that someone not getting a joke from your insular club isn't a whoosh.
The whoosh is part of the joke... Which apparently you didn't know. Also, it isn't insular. It's literally the opposite of that. I thought they were participating in the joke until they replied in such a negative way.
I don't understand why you are so upset about this and why you are so derogatory towards what is potentially the largest generation of chess players proportionally to their generation size to have ever existed.
I don't feel that I've been derogatory or acted upset. I've explained that people are not likely to know an inside joke. That's what inside jokes are. And if part of an inside joke involves mocking someone, then you'd certainly hope that the jokester would be confident that the other person was in on the joke. And if it turned out the other person didn't get it, you'd hope that the jokester would apologize and politely explain the joke - not act like everyone else is the problem.
It's great that there are a lot of people that like chess. I assure you though, that by far, the majority of those people do not have any idea about your joke, from a tiny part of the chess community.
If you feel you have not been derogatory, please reconsider your language usage in the future.
Someone took the time to answer your question, then you mocked them. That's derogatory. Then after having it explained what you did wrong, you blame everyone but yourself. Choose your own words more carefully.
Wait, I am sorry... when, after the meme ending did I mock them? Like I said earlier I thought they were playing a bit until they reacted so negatively.
I just want to point out here that I haven't downvoted a single one of your comments. That's other people weighing in on this.
I've already explained it and repeating myself would be pointless. Reflect.
Excellent. It looks like we both explained ourselves. You appear to understand my position, and when I ask for clarification further on yours you tell me that it is my fault. Thanks for pointing out my flaws without clarification.
Yeah, chess was really hard when the board had to be vertical. Horizontal orientation was a huge improvement to the player experience.