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Which piece is actually the GOAT? If only we could interview a chess piece...

Has to be the pawn delivering checkmate via en passant!

Has to be the pawn delivering checkmate via en passant!

Not correct the correct is the amazon the combine of the queen and knight it's worth 12 points (the highest point in the chess history

Not correct the correct is the amazon the combine of the queen and knight it's worth 12 points (the highest point in the chess history

@Toscani said ^

Whether someone uses tools to refine for tact and flow doesn't change the theme. Toning a post for clarity is good practice, and I try to respect posts with good intentions. Please don't derail the thread with meta-commentary on writing styles.

You use it so you know it matters. But it matters in a bad way. It sucks. Just write

@Toscani said [^](/forum/redirect/post/Wowc7fyD) > Whether someone uses tools to refine for tact and flow doesn't change the theme. Toning a post for clarity is good practice, and I try to respect posts with good intentions. Please don't derail the thread with meta-commentary on writing styles. You use it so you know it matters. But it matters in a bad way. It sucks. Just write

Thanks for your feedback. Some of it felt a bit hasty, and the tempo was off. We can’t blame the bots for what was written, they didn’t invent the theme. It’s true, I enjoy sharing my thoughts, but I try to do so politely. I write to create enjoyment, while others write to stir negativity.

@Djanno ... the pawn, yes, that’s a possibility. It could become a knight one day, but the “soul of chess” doesn’t help when a knight is forking my promoted piece and my king. Still, I do enjoy watching the pawn change lanes.

Guess my knight has been guarding more than moving lately... time to get back on the chessboard and see what the squares have to say. The clock is a possibility too. I never considered that piece.

Thanks for your feedback. Some of it felt a bit hasty, and the tempo was off. We can’t blame the bots for what was written, they didn’t invent the theme. It’s true, I enjoy sharing my thoughts, but I try to do so politely. I write to create enjoyment, while others write to stir negativity. @Djanno ... the pawn, yes, that’s a possibility. It could become a knight one day, but the “soul of chess” doesn’t help when a knight is forking my promoted piece and my king. Still, I do enjoy watching the pawn change lanes. Guess my knight has been guarding more than moving lately... time to get back on the chessboard and see what the squares have to say. The clock is a possibility too. I never considered that piece.

The Knight is the one true GOAT of Chess for it the only piece that can hop over other pieces like the dumb battering-rams they are :)

The Knight is the one true GOAT of Chess for it the only piece that can hop over other pieces like the dumb battering-rams they are :)

"I write to create enjoyment, while others write to stir negativity"

Pretty pretentious, presuming to know why "others write". Perhaps, "others write" to constructively criticise your misguided creation (with the help of an LLM or two) of slightly inane topics.

"I write to create enjoyment, while others write to stir negativity" Pretty pretentious, presuming to know why "others write". Perhaps, "others write" to constructively criticise your misguided creation (with the help of an LLM or two) of slightly inane topics.

Fiction is hardly an inane topic, and perhaps I am not the one producing misguided or frivolous commentary. Your personal pretentious attacks have been duly noted. I have navigated word ladders long before they were fashionable. Keep playing with the words, I can read through them. May the chess arbiter have mercy, though we both know the true GOAT sits elsewhere on the board.

Fiction is hardly an inane topic, and perhaps I am not the one producing misguided or frivolous commentary. Your personal pretentious attacks have been duly noted. I have navigated word ladders long before they were fashionable. Keep playing with the words, I can read through them. May the chess arbiter have mercy, though we both know the true GOAT sits elsewhere on the board.

@GovinD_2017 Ah, that Amazon, it is a common piece in "fairy chess" and larger-board chess variants, but you won’t see it in traditional chess or on lichess. If you go beyond fairy chess, there are other “superpieces” like the Empress (rook + knight) or Princess (bishop + knight), but the Amazon (queen + knight) trumps all of them because it combines both long-range power and leaping ability. The Amazon could rightly be called the GOAT of chess pieces.

https://youtube.com/shorts/k4_QazFDH0o?si=3sLy2HDDNK6vKb9b

@GovinD_2017 Ah, that Amazon, it is a common piece in "fairy chess" and larger-board chess variants, but you won’t see it in traditional chess or on lichess. If you go beyond fairy chess, there are other “superpieces” like the Empress (rook + knight) or Princess (bishop + knight), but the Amazon (queen + knight) trumps all of them because it combines both long-range power and leaping ability. The Amazon could rightly be called the GOAT of chess pieces. https://youtube.com/shorts/k4_QazFDH0o?si=3sLy2HDDNK6vKb9b

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