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27th February 2008, 10:13am
#1
by smsjr723
nyc United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 47

can a king take a peice... moving itself into check if that peice, that would need to move in order to effectively "take" the king is pinned?

 

ex:  white's rook takes black's pawn, putting the rook, diagonally SW of the black's king.  the space white's rook ocupies after taking black's pawn is guarded by a spot white's knight could attack/defend/move to.  Except... blacks queen pins the knight that could defend, to white's king.   Can black's king take the rook to it's SW moving into the square of the white's knight... because it's pinned.  Or no...


27th February 2008, 10:17am
#2
by Loomis
Durham, NC United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 4945
No, you cannot put yourself in check. A piece can have the king in check even when it is pinned.
27th February 2008, 10:40am
#3
by ENDGAME
Florida United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 79

sms, same exact thing happened to me in a game im still playing...

my bishop was on the same diagonal as the opposing king, with only an opposing pawn in the way....

but that pawn was protecting another pawn, and i tried to take it with my king...but failed....so you cannot put your king in check no matter what apparently, even if the opposing pawn could not move and take my king (because it would allow the opposing king to be attacked by my bishop....)


27th February 2008, 10:46am
#4
by FRabkyG27
Montreal Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 8
That's because if you were to continue playing after such a move your king would get eaten first.
27th February 2008, 12:44pm
#5
by ksully
Virginia Beach United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 32

duh

 


27th February 2008, 01:05pm
#6
by ENDGAME
Florida United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 79
FRabkyG27 wrote: That's because if you were to continue playing after such a move your king would get eaten first.

yea, but the death of the other king would be right after!!!


27th February 2008, 06:17pm
#7
by thomquin
Michigan United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 1
ENDGAME wrote: FRabkyG27 wrote: That's because if you were to continue playing after such a move your king would get eaten first.

yea, but the death of the other king would be right after!!!


but once your king  is dead the game is over...

 

 

and you cant move into check, thats just how that works =/


 

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