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Checkmate By King
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Jion_Wansu wrote:
pawnwhacker wrote:
You CAN'T checkmate by a K. These are both checkmate by R. Duh.
No it's not. Did the rook move?
You're just not getting it are you lol ?
The king is part of the discovered check / checkmate move but ultimately it is delivered by the rook whether it moves or not.
The king simply cannot deliver any checkmate directly within the laws of the game.
You don't seem to get it.
Can a King move onto any square next to a Queen of the opposite colour?
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Oct 19, 2014
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NO! The king can never checkmate the other king.
A KING MOVE can checkmate the other King, but the King itself is not what checkmates the King.
For Example, in the position below, a KING MOVE (...Ka2) checkmates the White King, but it's the ROOK that checkmates the King!
General-Mayhem wrote:
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That's illegal. You have to legally place opponent's king in check or checkmate with your king
This thread reminds me a lot of a friend who I sometimes play. I always spot him a R, which, after dozens of games, is not enough. Maybe I'll start spotting him a Q. If that doesn't do it, then I'll start giving him two R's.
Anyway, just as some people here refuse to understand that a K cannot check himself (such as moving next to a Q, per above), neither can a K be the checkmating piece.
I don't think my friend will ever quite get this, either. Why just the other day he said, while pointing to my N: "I understand how the other pieces move, but I'm still having trouble with that one." (Well, at least he didn't call it a "horsey"...I give him credit for that.)
btw, I know that he thinks he is smarter than me and the only reason I always win is because I've been "lucky".
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Jion_Wansu wrote:
General-Mayhem wrote:
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That's illegal.
OH REALLY?
General-Mayhem wrote:
Jion_Wansu wrote:
General-Mayhem wrote:
There
That's illegal.
OH REALLY?
Areez writes:- LOL! Great one General Mayhem!
Technically, king's can legally check and checkmate the opposing kings, because that's what you write on your scoresheet/moveslist
Legally, kings do not check or checkmate opposing kings, because it's-er-illegal, whatever goes down on the scoresheet.
Duh, you have to legally do it.
Kings cannot inflict check, but they can move out of the way of a rook, a queen, or a bishop, causing check