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Chessisfunforme

er, isnt there a knight on f6?

AlbAmchess

How do you win without a king

jason543
AlbAmchess wrote:

How do you win without a king

 

AlbAmchess

Yes when you’re in checkmate place another king on the board

jason543

ne7 kxg7 n3f5

captaintugwash

Rxh7 must be winning.

captaintugwash

Prob Ne7+ first but then Rxh7

AlbAmchess

Ne7-Nf5 or smth maybe?

AlbAmchess

I gotta think

AlbAmchess

WAIT CAN YOU CAPTURE YOUR OWN KING

AlbAmchess
rychessmaster1 wrote:
AlbAmchess wrote:

WAIT CAN YOU CAPTURE YOUR OWN KING

If you can it would be a loss lol

Yes but if capturing your king resulted in checkmate...

comradM
captaintugwash wrote:

I wanted to find a checkmate where white captures his own queen!

Here a try, not very nice to look, just as a proof that it's possible:

1q2r1rk/5Qpp/4nPPN/4bnNb/8/8/8/6K1 w - - 0 1

[quote]I'm 100% sure. I checked with the engine[/quote]

BTW which engine do you have that can play the self-capture variant?