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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 5363254" data-attributes="member: 4348">I don't know WHAT the person who keeps on going on about Chess is discussing, but I think they are confused about the rules of the game vs. competitive rules of the game.The first, the actual rules of Chess haven't had a major change in over 100 years, and that was simply to add stalemate rules standardization...other than that the rules haven't changed in over 500 YEARS.Either that or you state that chess didn't exist prior to the creation of FIDE (official rule keepers of Chess today) in which case you would be arguing chess is no older than 100 years old (which everyone would say is ridiculous).For ease of commentary, how about we go the public route (since public rules and opinion is probably more accepted than a few dozen people here on EN, or even a few thousand via the Chess organizations)...and do the Wiki thing...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess" target="_blank">Chess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>Irregardless, with the stalemate rules, the rules were solidified and have been solid basically for the past 200 YEARS...as they are today.  Not changing year to year...solid rules.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess" target="_blank">Rules of chess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>Now there are the rules of chess...and the rules (competitive) of chess.  The former are not changing any time soon, the latter do change.The difference is one of actual rules vs. ettiquette.  It's like D&D.  1e D&D is not changing anytime soon, probably because it's out of print.  However, houserules do change...as well as other items.  For example...rules such as...though shalt not have drink within 5 feet of any other player's character sheet or you are banned from the table...and...When you roll a d20 you shalt not spit on it, you shalt not blow on it, you shalt roll it, and the roll shall ensure that it revolves completely at least thrice against the table...Are house rules and etiquette rules.So let's stop this entire shenanigance on Chess and get back to the actual real fun of watching people argue what is or isn't D&D and whether it's going to self implode into the third Stellar Nova of the Dark Sun...or whatever people are trying to convince us of...</blockquote>

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