International Chess Federation Adds Race Car Piece (theonion.com)

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In what scholars have called the largest shake-up of the game’s rule set in centuries, the International Chess Federation announced Tuesday that it was adding a race car piece to the playing board.

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[-] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

“upon reaching the eighth rank, the race car piece could be turned sideways and gain the ability to Tokyo drift.”

[-] thejml@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

I feel like thats only a legal move if the player makes car tire screeching noises while turning it.

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Took a page from Age of Empires II's cheat codes.

[-] CombatWombat@feddit.online 5 points 1 day ago

Imma hook up my game genie for chess 2

[-] m3t00@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

like the military version. has drones

this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2026

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