Fesshole 🧻fesshole@mastodon.social
Oct 13, 2026, 6:25 PMI've played chess in professional tournaments. I still privately refer to knights as "horsies".
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Oct 13, 2026, 6:26 PM@fesshole can't argue with that
Oct 13, 2026, 6:45 PM@fesshole Hikaru Nakamura, world no. 2, calls them "ponies", so the OP is in good company.
Oct 13, 2026, 7:00 PM@fesshole In Serbian language we call them horses.
Fardels Bearriggbeck@mastodon.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:19 PMThey are made to look like horsies so I don't know where they got the stupid idea to call them knights. That would imply a piece shaped more like a helmet, in the same way a bishop has a mitre.
ShnoofleBear /ʃnuːfɛlbɛːr/ShnoofleBear@curly.catOct 13, 2026, 9:00 PM@fesshole Never have i ever seen a knight in full armor jump across anything, at all. A horse, however... Don't know who came up with calling them knights in the first place...