30 Dec '13 20:12>
I know you'll think it's a stupid question, but I'll ask it anyways: why doesn't the Pawn capture in the same direction as it otherwise moves?
Why doesn't it both moves and captures straight forward? Or why doesn't it both moves and captures diagonally forward? Or why can't it both move and capture on any of the three squares immediately in front of it?
It just seems illogical. Every piece captures the same way as it otherwise moves, except the Pawn...
While we're at it, why not create a piece that can move as a Bishop but can only capture as a Knight?
I think chess needs to be completely modified to erase all the illogical rules it has:
- The fact that pawns don't capture the same way they move
- The ability that pawns have to advance two times at once
- The weird en-passant rule
- The ability to castle (Imagine if Obama was taken hostage, and then he just said "let me just long castle right there, bye" and instantly he teleported a mile away)
- The fact that when you lose your king you lose the entire game (Imagine if a chinese guy killed Obama, would we all surrender to China? No, Biden would become the new President. In chess too, if our King gets captured, our new commander-in-chief should become the Queen!)
- Even the Knight needs to be replaced by a piece that moves more logically
Who's with me to create an all new version of chess?
Why doesn't it both moves and captures straight forward? Or why doesn't it both moves and captures diagonally forward? Or why can't it both move and capture on any of the three squares immediately in front of it?
It just seems illogical. Every piece captures the same way as it otherwise moves, except the Pawn...
While we're at it, why not create a piece that can move as a Bishop but can only capture as a Knight?
I think chess needs to be completely modified to erase all the illogical rules it has:
- The fact that pawns don't capture the same way they move
- The ability that pawns have to advance two times at once
- The weird en-passant rule
- The ability to castle (Imagine if Obama was taken hostage, and then he just said "let me just long castle right there, bye" and instantly he teleported a mile away)
- The fact that when you lose your king you lose the entire game (Imagine if a chinese guy killed Obama, would we all surrender to China? No, Biden would become the new President. In chess too, if our King gets captured, our new commander-in-chief should become the Queen!)
- Even the Knight needs to be replaced by a piece that moves more logically
Who's with me to create an all new version of chess?