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long_quach wrote:
jetoba wrote:

Saying "check" is not required. In tournaments

Why is saying "check" required in the first place?

Saying "check" is only an unofficial "rule" that casual players erroneously think is a requirement. It is kind of like the "house rule" in monopoly that places on the "free parking" space all of the money paid in fines (luxury tax, chance, community chest). It is a very common "rule" that is not in the official rules.

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jetoba wrote:
long_quach wrote:
jetoba wrote:

Saying "check" is not required. In tournaments

Why is saying "check" required in the first place?

Saying "check" is only an unofficial "rule" that casual players erroneously think is a requirement. It is kind of like the "house rule" in monopoly that places on the "free parking" space all of the money paid in fines (luxury tax, chance, community chest). It is a very common "rule" that is not in the official rules.

Saying "check" is to alert the other player that he is in "check".

If he does not know that his King is in check and if he moved another piece, can I take the King?

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long_quach wrote:
MarioParty4 wrote:
long_quach wrote:
MarioParty4 wrote:
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EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:

If the king could move into check, checkmate wouldn't even have to possible

You are talking backwards.

If the King moves into check, it will be killed, like other pieces.

It would be captured.

You ever watch any war movies?

The Patriot

Heaven and Earth

Saving Private Ryan?

Not those, but I have watched at least one to know that people are captured.

Did you watch JFK? He moved into "check".

No, I have not. Never heard of the movies you mentioned. I wonder why...

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long_quach wrote:
jetoba wrote:

Chess does not allow illegal moves

That is because you make an extra rule saying a King cannot move into check.

Any illegal moves by any piece.

As far as the king moving into check goes, players have deliberately made illegal king moves in the hope that they will not be seen and their king can be repositioned to an advantageous spot that could not be reached via legal moves. Do you really want a game with K+Q vs K to be won when the lone king moves next to the opposing king and then captures that king after the other player moves a queen instead of getting out of check? That was explicitly designated in earlier blitz rules as "a cheap shot that will not be tolerated".

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MarioParty4 wrote:
 

No, I have not. Never heard of the movies you mentioned. I wonder why...

Because you are a liar.

That is why.

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long_quach wrote:
MarioParty4 wrote:
 

No, I have not. Never heard of the movies you mentioned. I wonder why...

Because you are a liar.

That is why.

No.

Also, why did you delete the top part?

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@jetoba

You are not getting it.

A King can move to a spot.

But a King cannot move to the same spot if I have a riffle aimed at that spot?

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long_quach wrote:

@jetoba

You are not getting it.

A King can move to a spot.

But a King cannot move to the same spot if I have a riffle aimed at that spot?

Your head can move down.

Your head can move down and meet my knee.

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MarioParty4 wrote:
 

No, I have not. Never heard of the movies you mentioned. I wonder why...

Because you are a liar.

That is why.

Assuming Mario is from Thailand (as indicated by the flag) it is quite understandable why Mario might not have seen them.

The JFK example is more like one side going pass ... pass ... pass ... pass ... time to move.

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jetoba wrote:
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MarioParty4 wrote:
 

No, I have not. Never heard of the movies you mentioned. I wonder why...

Because you are a liar.

That is why.

Assuming Mario is from Thailand (as indicated by the flag) it is quite understandable why Mario might not have seen them.

Has he seen a war movie?

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jetoba wrote:
 

Assuming Mario is from Thailand (as indicated by the flag) it is quite understandable why Mario might not have seen them.

Oh, please.

They pirate all the movies.

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long_quach wrote:
 

Saying "check" is to alert the other player that he is in "check".

If he does not know that his King is in check and if he moved another piece, can I take the King?

"Check: is like the "buzz" in Highlander the TV series.

The "buzz" alerts them to an approaching opponent so the opponent cannot kill you by surprise and you have to fight fair and square.

Again, "sporty".

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long_quach wrote:
jetoba wrote:
 

Assuming Mario is from Thailand (as indicated by the flag) it is quite understandable why Mario might not have seen them.

Oh, please.

They pirate all the movies.

Absolutely not. And there is a reason for it too.

The actors of those movies don't want to do every single country. It would take too long.

Thailand is a small country, with a smaller population of Thai-speakers. Because of this, Thailand is often left out when exporting movies to different countries.

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long_quach wrote:
 

"Check: is like the "buzz" in Highlander the TV series.

The "buzz" alerts them to an approaching opponent so the opponent cannot kill you by surprise and you have to fight fair and square.

Again, "sporty".

Think about it.

Even if you are "immortal", that is you don't age, you can still be killed by silent stealth.

They have to invent "the buzz" to make it "sporty" and dramatic.

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long_quach wrote:
 

"Check: is like the "buzz" in Highlander the TV series.

The "buzz" alerts them to an approaching opponent so the opponent cannot kill you by surprise and you have to fight fair and square.

Again, "sporty".

Think about it.

Even if you are "immortal", that is you don't age, you can still be killed by silent stealth.

They have to invent "the buzz" to make it "sporty" and dramatic.

That's like Tenchu: Stealth Assassins for Playstation 1.

You can stealth kill everybody except the Final Boss of each levels. The Final Boss has "the buzz" on you.

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long_quach wrote:
 

Saying "check" is to alert the other player that he is in "check".

If he does not know that his King is in check and if he moved another piece, can I take the King?

Say he moves a piece. And I take the King.

What would he say?

You cannot . . . I mean I cannot move a piece until I defend the check . . . That's the rule. So set the pieces back and let me defend my King first that I originally didn't see the threat coming?

Boxing rule: You protect yourself . . . at all times.

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@Shlttens

Unless White is the Headless Horseman, I don't see a White King on the board.

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long_quach wrote:

I will try to explain, using my imagination.

Because I have a unique experience of not knowing the rules of Chinese Chess. That simulates the historical development of the rules.

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long_quach wrote:

@Shlttens

Unless White is the Headless Horseman, I don't see a White King on the board.

That must be a "quickening" after Black decapitated White and absorbs all of White's power.