Hi All,
Chessspy here, chess historian and restorer of old chess sets.
As for the black v white question. In the past the pieces were mostly red v white, so there was no question of racial profiling.
Yes, many years ago a lot of societies and nations we based on a feudal system and so that patriachal terminology has passed down to us through the years so I guess we are kind of stuck with it.
As for the he/she/it idea, I am an expat Brit living in NC US and I hear that the locals use y'all as a plural for 'you' so that would work for pawns.
How about exclamation marks for pieces? -- X (cross) for king ---! (pling) for Queen --- / (slash) for Bishop (AKA Saul Hudson G+R)
? (Query) for knight --- - (Hyphen) for rook --- and lastly . (period) for pawn.
cross period to cross four anyone?
Chessspy here, chess historian and restorer of old chess sets.
As for the black v white question. In the past the pieces were mostly red v white, so there was no question of racial profiling.
Yes, many years ago a lot of societies and nations we based on a feudal system and so that patriachal terminology has passed down to us through the years so I guess we are kind of stuck with it.
As for the he/she/it idea, I am an expat Brit living in NC US and I hear that the locals use y'all as a plural for 'you' so that would work for pawns.
How about exclamation marks for pieces? -- X (cross) for king ---! (pling) for Queen --- / (slash) for Bishop (AKA Saul Hudson G+R)
? (Query) for knight --- - (Hyphen) for rook --- and lastly . (period) for pawn.
cross period to cross four anyone?
