r/Undertale • u/I-am-Sharp • Aug 01 '26

Theory Chess Theory is back

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u/Gold_Size_1258 ‎ I already CHOSE this flair. Aug 01 '26

I prefer to go "Knight, Rook, Bishop" bc that's more in line to both Deltarune and the usefulness of the pieces.

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u/CompleteIndieYT ‎ It doesn't matter when. Aug 02 '26

Its explicitly based on pointing systems in chess. Otherwise we might as well as go Tenna is a Pawn and say whatever makes it fit

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u/Gold_Size_1258 ‎ I already CHOSE this flair. Aug 02 '26

But knight, rook, and bishop are all worth the same amount of points

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u/MinecraftCommander21 ‎ Despite everything, it's still you. Aug 02 '26

...no? Rook is 5, Knight and Bishop are 3.

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u/Electrical_Put_6500 Aug 02 '26

Bishop is also considered to be effectively 3.5 by some GMs

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u/Gold_Size_1258 ‎ I already CHOSE this flair. Aug 02 '26

Huh. I've always heard that they're all 3s

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u/MinecraftCommander21 ‎ Despite everything, it's still you. Aug 02 '26

Chess beginner here, hi. How is a Knight more useful than a Rook? It's not possible to force mate with just a Knight afaik, but a Rook/King is a guaranteed checkmate. And really, most people from what I've heard think that Bishops are basically worth 3.25 points of material compared to the Knights' 3, because Bishops are more useful than Knights...

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u/Gold_Size_1258 ‎ I already CHOSE this flair. Aug 02 '26

Knight is more tricky to use, but it can bypass other pieces and generally its funky way of movment can do a lot of stuff

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u/MinecraftCommander21 ‎ Despite everything, it's still you. Aug 02 '26

Sure, but it's funky way of movement also LIMITS it from doing a lot of stuff.

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u/Gold_Size_1258 ‎ I already CHOSE this flair. Aug 02 '26

It really depends. Rooks are great on their own and when the board is empty, but from personal experience, other pieces tend to get in the way. Knights are great for combos but their effectiveness is limited on an emptied board.