How to skip a move?

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DanteHosseini

How can you skip a move in a chess.com chess game? Is that even possible? I've heard it's legal in chess, though I think 3 consecutive skips = forfeit. I've wanted to skip several times but haven't found a way.

SnowyTheWolf

Nope. Not possible yet. That is a good suggestion though, but it is kind of cheating. But I have been in a situation to where I had to do a "stall move", and just move somewhere that gets me nowhere.

"...I think 3 consecutive skips = forfeit... 

I do like that Idea. I am not sure if I am agreeing with you that it should be on here or not. wink.png

Strangemover

No you cannot skip a move or pass your turn, you must make a move if you are able. If you cannot it is either checkmate (your king is in check and you have no legal moves so you lose) or stalemate (you have no legal moves but your king is not in check so you draw). These are the rules of chess everywhere, not just on chess.com.

SnowyTheWolf

That is true, I thought it was illegal. Of course this could be a "form" of chess, but this is impossible with normal chess.