Why is the king so weak in chess?

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nido666

technically witout king we can't play the game!

nido666

but king suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks as a piece

 

TRAP4MOUSE

Lol

Kowarenai

if the king never fought till the end then what would it even be? it would just be forgotten and discarded along with its own army that fought to keep it safe at all costs for a better dream

UlrichAdams

The king personifies the player himself and symbolically controls other figures, the game as a whole. As historically, he loses and leaves the throne if his army loses.

Woollensock2
The King is basically nothing less than a coward, apart from sending all his soldiers into battle, he also sends his wife into battle ! 🙀
Dsmith42

The idea is more complex than that.  On an ancient/medieval battlefield, orders would be relayed visually, since voices couldn't be heard over the clamor of battle.  If the "king" (army commander) had to move from one end of the battlefield to another, the whole army would likely collapse and take flight, believing their commander to have been routed.

That's why the king only moves one space.

abc-big-boi
Woollensock2 wrote:
The King is basically nothing less than a coward, apart from sending all his soldiers into battle, he also sends his wife into battle ! 🙀

+1

Solmyr1234

There is a king of Checkers - he was once a pawn - so he's agile - slashing through the whole board.

But a Chess king, he was Born a king - so he's spoiled, therefore slow.

Solmyr1234
abc-big-boi wrote:
Woollensock2 wrote:
The King is basically nothing less than a coward, apart from sending all his soldiers into battle, he also sends his wife into battle ! 🙀

+1

If the player is Ivanchuk, then the king is no coward.

Solmyr1234

Kings aren't cowards, We are the cowards

 

 

TRAP4MOUSE

Why pawn can't promote it into a king ? 

nido666

bcuz then it would suck lol