Stalemate is annoying I hope it's removed lol
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donnelleraeburn
Dec 24, 2019
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who ever created stalemate really did not like to lose...
If chess is from japanese maybe the king would commit harakiri when he left with no way out
Dec 24, 2019
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donnelleraeburn wrote:
who ever created stalemate really did not like to lose...
Stalemate through the history of chess has meant different things, from a win/lose/draw standpoint. At one point/time, the stalemating player lost, for others it was a win. A draw logically follows from the rules.
Most stalemate situations are due to carelessness. Though, it is really nice when one side, usually the weaker side, can force stalemate.
Dec 24, 2019
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I have seen in other countries people play chess where you can actually eat the king, like you can eat other pieces. I was shocked when they did that to me; I was like are you joking? I’m not sure if that’s legitimate in other places or not, but they sure acted like it was. That was years ago. I’ve never seen it anywhere else. But yeah, that would solve your issue.
chesstenor2018 wrote:
I have seen in other countries people play chess where you can actually eat the king, like you can eat other pieces. I was shocked when they did that to me; I was like are you joking? I’m not sure if that’s legitimate in other places or not, but they sure acted like it was. That was years ago. I’ve never seen it anywhere else. But yeah, that would solve your issue.
It's fun to allow the king to be captured. Sometimes a player does not realise that the opposing king is in checkmate even though the move made creates a checkmate (ie the player makes a move forking a rook and king without realising it is actually checkmate).
- harlons wrote:
If chess is from japanese maybe the king would commit harakiri when he left with no way out
Common misconception. It's actually called Senpukuu. Mortal Kombat was responsible for the source of the mistranslation which led people to believe that honorable suicide was called Harakiri.
Dec 26, 2019
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Colby-Covington wrote:
- harlons wrote:
If chess is from japanese maybe the king would commit harakiri when he left with no way out
Common misconception. It's actually called Senpukuu. Mortal Kombat was responsible for the source of the mistranslation which led people to believe that honorable suicide was called Harakiri.
or possibly Seppuku
Dec 26, 2019
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donnelleraeburn wrote:
who ever created stalemate really did not like to lose...
If you are going to be another one of those morons that whines and complains about your own inability to checkmate your opponent or simply can't accept the fact that there are draws in chess, then give up chess and take up 3x3x3 3D Tic Tac Toe where going in the center box of the center diagram is a forced win for X.
Dec 26, 2019
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Colby-Covington wrote:
- harlons wrote:
If chess is from japanese maybe the king would commit harakiri when he left with no way out
Common misconception. It's actually called Senpukuu. Mortal Kombat was responsible for the source of the mistranslation which led people to believe that honorable suicide was called Harakiri.
I trust you are correct about the mistranslation, but can guarantee beyond any doubt that your cause-effect for how this mistranslation came about is wrong.
When I was a child in the 1960s playing out our interests in military history, the term harikari (how the error is spelled may have changed) was commonly on our lips. The first video game (Pong) came out in 1972. In the early 1980s, still well before Mortal Kombat, my professors in east Asian history confronted the misunderstanding in their lectures.
Interesting. I might be wrong, that's just what I read in a Japanese Newsletter reporting about Hayao Miazaki (my favorite artist) clearing up this common misconception.
And yeah, definitely misspelled it before, it's spelled Seppuku.
Dec 26, 2019
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#12
My memory of talking about it in the 1960s probably is not accurate for the literal 1960s, but for what historians call the long-Sixties (1958-1974). American school boys all knew of the practice from a 1970 film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora!_Tora!_Tora!
Stalemate is a great feature of chess. It allows for the possibility of magic and miracles on the chess board and means that even a player who is far ahead can never relax their concentration. On a more prosaic note, without stalemate, every K+P versus K ending would be a win for the stronger side, requiring no skill at all
Dec 26, 2019
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#14
woollensock wrote:
Stalemate is part of chess , and if you don’t like it, you should be more vigilant in your games .
Another option would be to resign rather than accept than accept the stalemate result.
Yeah, checkmate can be quite annoying too.
Dec 26, 2019
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#16
I was completely beat in a 2 1 game this morning, but there was an opportunity to give up my last piece. My hapless opponent grabbed the rook. Draw +4 on my rating.