Apparently, the geniuses running the sport decided it needed more 'revving engines' and fewer actual intellectual constraints. Good luck making any serious move now, darling.

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<p>LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND—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. “In all officially sanctioned matches played from today forward, the pawn immediately in front of a player’s king will be replaced with [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theonion.com/international-chess-federation-adds-race-car-piece/">International Chess Federation A...