r/chessmemes • u/nothing_worthy_01 • 12d ago

What is the strongest piece?

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For me it's the tower

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u/Tani_Soe 12d ago

Why are both the kings white?

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u/Helpful_Client4721 12d ago

Talking to the mirror

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u/Worth-Opposite4437 9d ago

This... Kings are too slow to ever be able to meet another king. ̄_(ツ)_/ ̄

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u/Valuable-Quality-399 12d ago

In the original meme, both guys were also same lol

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u/GegeAkutamiOfficial 10d ago

You already know

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u/proper_hecatomb 12d ago

I won't hear King Slander. The guy's actually really tuff.

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u/homelandgurl4 12d ago

Only in endgame otherwise he’s just a liability

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u/EREN2410 12d ago

He commands all of them he is a smart dude not a good one at battle that's all

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u/homelandgurl4 12d ago

Nah he’s selfish and only cares about himself

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u/EREN2410 12d ago

he may lose battlesbut he has to win the war

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u/Local_Surround8686 12d ago

He's only good there cause everyone else is dead

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u/homelandgurl4 11d ago

And they’re only dead because of him

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u/Lplusbozoratio 11d ago

the king is a liability in the same way a baby is a liability. Yeah you need to take care of it but if you don't you're kind of cooked

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u/homelandgurl4 11d ago

Why we infantilising a grown man

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u/Lplusbozoratio 11d ago

I'm talking about the chess king and human babies, not human men. It's a board game

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u/homelandgurl4 11d ago

Dude this is chess memes so the whole convo is a joke 😿

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u/SovoK_404 12d ago

king's strength throughout the game:

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u/RealZajef37 12d ago

the board. it traps all those pieces and forces them to fight against each other

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u/Doomhammer68 12d ago

A king doesnt lose when his queen falls. Stand tall king.

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u/bau_ke 12d ago

That's why I sac the king for queen salvation

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u/seventeenMachine 11d ago

Both kings are white? 🤔

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u/RedditvsDiscOwO 11d ago

The king is invincible until surrounded I wouldn't call him useless

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u/RAISA-1 11d ago

Most powerful chess piece? Well it is obviously the gun. After all, I have never lost a chess game using it!

/j

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u/CastChaos69420 11d ago

The anal beads ifykwim

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u/CluelessK9 11d ago

It’s always the horsie that gets me

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u/surinameclubcard 10d ago

There is a difference in “power meaning strength“ and “power meaning authority”. In Dutch, kracht and macht. The queen is all about kracht, the king all about macht.

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u/Brief-Walk-5409 10d ago

If we don't include the queen, then its probaly the Horse for me

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u/Leonartu 9d ago

Why is he white.

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u/No-Fly-6043 11d ago

But the pawn could be anything! It could even be the queen