this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago

Gotta give it to the trebuchet man, to nail a king in his throne with a horse from that far away, that is math as fuck.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 17 points 10 months ago

"now a little to the left aaaaand..." YEET

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That piece is called a knight, so there should be a rider getting tossed over there with the horse.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe that little black smudge is the rider who bravely volunteered to go first and test the trajectory.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Impressively fast reload!

[–] livus@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

@samus12345 well, no, that's a common misconception. The technical term is Horsie.

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Google en passant.

En passant is a French term meaning “by peasant” and it dates to the French Revolution. It means that pawns can capture sideways if they really want to. It’s because they normally capture at an angle of 45 degrees, but if they move to the front of the horizontal square it’s really only a matter of being like 60 degrees or so, depending on where they were on the originating square.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

En passant is a French term meaning “by peasant”

No, it means "in passing." "Par un paysan" would be French for "by peasant."

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Poe's law applies.

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

En passant is French for in passing.

The French word for peasant is paysan.

[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

Fetchez la vache!

[–] LanMandragondeez@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago