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Elmo, did u get an answer to your question because my friend and I had the exact same situation? __|__|wb bk|wk| --|--| wb= white bishop wk= white king bk = black king I moved my wk up diagonally to the left to put his king in 'checkmate', he cannot take my king because he would be in check correct? Is this not a checkmate situation?
Regarding the question of whether you can move one king directly up against the other since the moving king would be protected by the bishop. I see questions like this all the time from new players. Think of it this way: What if the point of the game were to take your opponent's king rather than put him in checkmate? Whoever loses his king first loses the game. In the situation noted earlier (a king that could be captured by the other king except that the moving king is also protected by a bishop), once one king took the other king, the game would be over. In other words that bishop would never be able to take the other king because the game would have ended as soon as the first king (the one supposedly protected by its bishop) was captured by the other. Anyway, that's a simplified way of looking at it. However, as someone else noted, the original movement of the king up against the opposing king was illegal anyway. You can't put your own king in check, period, whether or not your king is supposedly protected by another piece that would retake the piece that took the king.
Levi, You are right. Your opponent is wrong. Declaring check is nothing but an expected courtesy. Whether or not you declare check has no bearing on what moves are subsequently legal or illegal for your opponent. Whenever you are in check, whether or not it has been declared, you must move out of check if you can. If you can't, then you lose -- even when you opponent has not noticed or declared it. If you stay in check during your move, that move was illegal and must be taken back.
No, the first-move doublestep option is only for non-capturing moves. So a pawn that begins on g2 can only move to g3 or g4 (if not obstructed) or capture on f3 or h3 (if an enemy piece is there). Your idea might make an interesting chess variant, though.
As I understand the term, a gambit is a tactic in which a player offers a material sacrifice in exchange for what he hopes is a positional advantage. Familiar openings like the 'Queen's Gambit' involve playing a pawn to a square where the opponent can take it. (Queen's Gambit means the pawn offered is on the Queen's side.) But taking the pawn, presumably, gives the gambit-player a better position. They speak of openings such as 'Queen's Gambit Accepted,' in which the other player takes the pawn, and 'Queen's Gambit Declined,' in which he doesn't. I don't think I've heard of any openings in which a unit of greater value than a pawn is offered. 'Gambit' has entered the language as a word used in general conflict situations, for risky maneuvers like this.
My children ask the following question: When the black pawn is in its original position and an opposing white pawn is two squares away diagonally, can the black pawn, on its first move, take two steps diagonally to capture the white pawn? Or must the first move of the black pawn be only straight ahead?
Ryan, Now, You got me interested to what your rating might be. Ryan, even if you don't have a high rating, that's fine. We're all here for chess as a whole. The problem is that you made a statement and now we're asking for you to support it. Sincerely Pete
Bill - On its first move, a pawn may move 1 or 2 squares forward. Or, it may capture, but never more than one square diagonally.
Mike, The king may only take a piece to get out of check, as long as the piece is not being protected by a fellow piece. Otherwise it is checkmate. Sincerely Pete Leyva
my question is when playing can any piece jump a pawn or is it only select pieces that can jump a pawn and make and take the other opponents pieces
In FIDE, only Knights are allowed to leap other pieces. Of course this does not include the castling move, which involves either the Rook 'leaping' the King or the King 'leaping' the Rook. ;-)
Brian, 11 move stale mate, only in the school of hard knocks. Sounds like someone is giving you a lesson in street chess. Ignore it! -Pete
OK, newbies here - Opponent one moves a piece putting opponent 2's king in check. However, opponent 2 does not remove the check on his next turn, but puts opponent 1's king in checkmate. Is this a win for opp 2 or did he commit an illegal move by leaving his king in check? Please help guys, I feel marital disharmony is imminent!
What happens if a player leaves the room to his chamber???, for example when Kasparov went to his room in the last Linares tournament, without telling the referee. please answer to purefan@yahoo.com thanks
Thx Mike, I'm giving out bad advice. My appologies for the inconvience of wrong instructions on the pawn play. Pete
What would you do when the pawn goes to the other side of the board? replace it with the queen?
What do you do when all you have is pawns and your king when they have everything but a knight and 3 pawns?
If anyone could find out what the offical ruling for this situation is I would greatly appreciate an e-mail explaining the details, or stating that this was a made up rule. my e-mail address is luciousveyl@gmail.com
Question: recently, I played a game where my oppponent claimed a stalemate because he had only a bare king against my King Queen & 2 pawns. He said if I was unable to mate in 15 moves it was a stalemate. I've never heard of this - having to mate a bare king in 15 moves. Is there such a rule, even in tournaments or speed chess or some variant? BTW, excellent site & info.
is the page for frequently asked questions concerning the rules of chess. Stalemate is one way to draw a game, the 50 moves rule (not 15) is another. Sometimes the 50 moves count starts anew - there is a second page covering more questions on the 50 moves rule.
Some guy I was playing said that if a rook gets to the opposite side of the board it is turned into a queen therefore he put me in checkmate is this a rule or is he getting mixed up with a pawn? Thank you
Hi, I'd like to settle an arguement I've have with my dad at chess. I mistakenly said 'checkmate' when it was actually 'check', there was one sqaure to which he could move his king. Does this forfit the game, he recons that it gives him a win since I declared the wrong term? I've looked at many rule books, but can find anything yet. Excellent website by the way! Thanks.
White's flag has fallen but black does not notice. Black's flag falls and white points it out. With best play the position is drawn but both players have mating material (e.g. K,R vs K,B,P). No arbiter is present, but spectators know which flag fell first.
Question: what should the result be?
db, you don't understand stalemate, for info on it and the 50 move rule, which i think you are talking about see here ... 50 move rule - http://www.chessvariants.org/d.chess/6.html stalemate - http://www.chessvariants.org/d.chess/5.html paul, for info on king moves, see here ... king moves - http://www.chessvariants.org/d.chess/4.html (king can move anytime, as long as it is not moving into check, king can move to attack also, it can capture pieces just like the other pieces)
'i have a friend who moves with one hand keeping his other hand constantly over the flag, is this legal?' no, move piece and press clock with same hand
Playing speed chess with one hand on the chess clock, and another hand moving the chess pieces, often results in a broken chess clock because the players, struggling to push their own buttons down simultaneously, in belief that they are completing their moves 'in the nick of time' break or bend the lever(s) inside).
Christine, I think we are in agreement, here. The whole idea of playing speed chess, is that the flags are going to be visible to those playing the game. It is exceedingly bad form to cover up the dial with one's large, lazy fingers hanging over the side of the clock so you can't even see how many minutes are remaining. And that goes double with covering up the part of the dial where the 'flag' rests. I can remember thirty years ago, there was this one guy who had the nerve to do this, and not only that, grope about for the purpose of manipulating the settings on the reverse of the clock, causing one player's clock to tick faster than the other's. At least in the olden days, independent and neutral onlookers could be deputized by the tournament director with all the authority necessary to call 'flag' and end the game, once the flag had fallen. (But ask yourself, seriously, how would this be possible if one or both players took to draping their huge clumsy fingers over the dial, and obscuring the flag, let alone poising them over the buttons that need to be clicked?) Then, when speed chess tournaments became more popular, one of the players, by himself, had to notice the falling of the flag, and he was the one that had to call it out. (I wonder if this practice varied from place to place?) If FIDE actually permits alternation of the hands between moving the pieces and clicking the button, there is probably a requirement that there be a palpable period of grace between the moment the hand approaches the clock, and the other hand rising to tap the button.
Supplement 4. Rules for 60-minute and 30-minute Chess
Rule 5. Each player shall handle the clock with the same hand with which he handles his pieces. Exception: it is permitted to perform the castling move by using both hands.
Rule 6. The arbiter should stipulate, at the beginning of the tournament, the direction the clocks are to face and the player with the black pieces shall decide on which side of the board he shall sit.
Rule 7. No player is permitted to cover more or less permanently the button of his own clock with one of his fingers.
The game is drawn when the king of the player who has the move is not in check, and this player cannot make any legal move. The player's king is then said to be 'stalemated'. This immediately ends the game. [If the stalemating move was actually legal!] .
11.1 In the course of play, each player is required to record the game (his own moves and those of his opponent), move after move, as clearly and legibly as possible in the Algebraic Notation, on the scoresheet prescribed for the competition. It is irrelevant whether the player first makes his move and then records it, or vice versa. [The use of Descriptive Notation or foreign versions of Algebraic Notation is tolerated in internal tournaments, e.g. weekend congresses.] Question: Is there no future for electronic resording of chess games? Even for players with restricted eyesight who find written notation a strain?
Question on Stalemate: recently, I played a game where my oppponent claimed a stalemate because he had only a bare king against my King, Knight,& 2 pawns. He said if I was unable to mate in 15 moves it was a stalemate. I've never heard of this - having to mate a bare king in 15 moves. Is there such a rule, even in tournaments or speed chess or some variant
The answer to your question is that your friend was wrong if he thought he was representing the standard rules. Perhaps he confused 50 with 15. From the FIDE laws stated on this page: 'The game is drawn when a player having the move claims a draw and demonstrates that at least [the last?] 50 consecutive moves have been made by each side without the capture of any piece and without the movement of any pawn. This number of 50 moves can be increased for certain positions, provided that this increase in number and these positions have been clearly announced by the organisers before the event starts. [The claim then proceeds according to 10.13. The most extreme case yet known of a position which might take more than 50 moves to win is king, rook and bishop against king and two knights, which can run for 223 moves between captures!] 10.13, etc.'
can you explain this one to me please?? (c) A pawn, attacking a square crossed by an opponent's pawn which has [just] been advanced two squares in one move from its original square, may capture this opponent's pawn as though the latter had been moved only one square. This capture may only be made in [immediate] reply to such an advance, and is called an 'en passant' capture. contact me at elk1989@yahoo.com / or / red.dragonlord@hotmail.com
Just started playing again, after 10 years. As I am now playing with new opponents (and not playing against children) I have been introduced to new rules. ---A 15 move stalemate rule, that I now see is incorrect, I think it is a mistake of the 50 move rule. ---But I have been told if your opponent can get his king to your side of the board it is stalemate. Is this correct?
To the comment 'But I have been told if your opponent can get his king to your side of the board it is stalemate. Is this correct?' Answer: No. Stalemate means that the person to move has no legal move. He would have to expose his King to check. This is not allowed. It is a stalemate, which is a draw. 1/2 point for each player. As an added note, getting the King to the opposite end of the board has nothing to do with getting a draw. The game would go on.
i am glad it is not a rule, but feel cheated. i had queen, 1 rook, 2 bishops and about 4 pawns to my opponents 3 pawns. he ran his king to the other side and claimed a draw.
the EN-PASSANT rule i know when a pawn makes a double step from the second row to the fourth row, and there is an enemy pawn on an adjacent square on the fourth row, then this enemy pawn in the next move may move diagonally to the square that was passed over by the double-stepping pawn, which is on the third row. In this same move, the double-stepping pawn is taken does this also happen if an attacking pawn is on the 3rd row, directly in front of your pawn line. instead of taking the attacking pawn you double step away from it. can your opponent then place his pawn diagonally forward to where yours was in the 2nd row and remove your pawn from the board? or does EN-PASSANT only happen when the attacker is on the 4th row? also when the EN-PASSANT rule is applied on the very next go, is that the players move or does he place his pawn remove yours then make another move?
Stephen wrote, in part: 'I think the rule should be that if you get your king to the other side of the board you WIN.' Reply: I am satisfied with the current rules of chess; however, wanted to point out that the condition Stephen describes [getting the King to the other side of the board] is one of the ways to win in the game Navia Dratp. Of course, that game uses a Navia (female anime character) instead of a King.
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