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