tactical defence?

Remember the golden rule...a king can only be in check, if the opponent have control of such square...the aim of chess is not  checkmate, but to control space, and therefore to wipe opponent from the board.  If the opponent are pinned or cramped to zero space, then there is nothing to win, or to play for...Opponent would just give up.

Its a brutal and unkind game...The winner take all.

 Be6 is double check!

The bishop is pinned by the rook

I would play: Bb8 to C7check!, take note that the white bishop have no control on c8(Its pinned)

Defense is as powerful as attack!

haha, ok you had me at my own game, see what I mean, i missed that it is not check, because the bishop is pinned by the rook!

I have to admit that a little support from someone thats understanding is just great! At a stage, I really questioned my sanity. I was about to give up. I believe there are more of your kind, gambit king Don't be shy now.

Look, before computers, it would be very hard to play chess the new way. Imagine all the arguments and misunderstanding, it can get violent and that...but today, computer control the rules, and will not make a move that is out of character.

We can do it in 2010! Play it new!

Tactical chess rule

We need it ready for Poland 2011,ya?

 bro! You are new generation! please to meet

You do realize that Gambitking is actually saying that such a rule would hurt chess and chess tactics, right?

 I do. Its a risk to change...you might lose everything, the beauty of the current situation can blind us to explore greater things...but imagination brought the current game, and it will take us to the future.

does this mean the king is not checkmated?

 haha, dr jackall and mr hide! What have you on the table, bro?

 "A Confederacy of Dunces" is also a great book.

"Like a bitch in heat, I seem to attract a coterie of policemen and sanitation officials. "
— John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces)

"You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him."
— John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces)

 QxB is mate!!! no!!!!! white cannot move! I overlooked it Its checkmate! You got me for a moment bro:) am I right?

 yes! The king can go to f6...the knight have no value.  It is pined-an perfect example. pin need to be broken, e.g if the king move and break the pin, then the knight would regain its value, and the king would be in check:)

 lmfao, yeah right

This position is very complex, but white cannot move, because the game is over! Actually, both kings is already in a checkmate position, so this puzzle is not a good example at all.  Both checkmates is done with same principle in mind...you cannot pin with a pinned piece.

we can see that the rook cannot control the f-file. It is logic.

The rule state that a pinned piece do not loose power, and the king would be in a check position!

by replacing the king with a queen, i dare the rook to capture the queen without checking himself.

We all know that you cannot put yourself into check .

To the untrained eye, it might seem as if the rook have power on the d-file...but i picked up the pin immediately. The queen is safe as houses, and so is the white king.

My question is, what is the reason for a rule that is not logic, if the whole game is about strategy and logic?

Are we monkey see, monkey do people?

should we teach our children this concept, after our eyes opened?

It would reflect bad on us.

The only value that I can read within the current chess rules is this.

To play a game, do not have to make sense, because the rules would determine if you want to play chess or checkers.

Playing a game is to submit you to the rules of it, either logical or make belief, but in line with what is within the rule book.

To change rules is to create a new game.

we should not question the intentions of the game , just play, and enjoy...surfs up,bro!!!!

 with all respect, it is my believe that pieces have value.

the value of any piece/pawns increase multiple times, when they control squares that is worth much,much more than other squares(Like property)

You cannot claim property if it does not belong to you.

You can only own something if you as a person is worth having it.

The rook cannot claim to own the land on which the opponents king is standing, if the land on which it self is standing on is at question.

Even in a business world, we call it dodge characters...we cannot take them serious. They are in a position of drowning, meaning, they would bring their own house down if stop swimming...let alone to claim victory. The rook is bluffing...and to rip out a gun and shoot the king does not make sense, not in such a noble game.

I only read the 1st and 6th pages. The fact that this thread continues is just plain stupid.

We have too understand a pin.

But first, we have to understand the value of a king.

A king is the most valuable piece on the board. The king represent YOU!

Nothing happens without the kings instruction.

The king can attack or defend using strategy and tactics etc

at any moment, the king can give up, even if the king is winning.

The pieces of a king is protecting his integrity

Integrity is the most valuable thing to humanity, and chess represent that.

We as kings, must do what we feel is the right thing, without having someone that supervise our actions or intentions.

We know what is right and wrong, because we are human.

once you have integrity, you cannot loose it. It is edged into you.

You are the king, and the king are honorable.

That is the value of a king.

A pin is anything that would protect the king, with self sacrifice, in order not to leave the kings side, but to stand your ground to protect the King.

The last thing you want to do is running to the other king, chop his head off, then run back and find your kings head is also on the floor

A pinned piece is in a defensive position, and defense is the opposite of attack. It is a worthy position to protect the king and it would fall with the king if it is found weak, by the opponent