The funny checkmate

Lol game already ended!

Wrong:He can block with queenf7

yeah u r right

Two kings together. Illegal game.

9 rows.

two black kings

Ignoring the fact that the kings are next to each other, the position is indeed checkmate. Qxf1 is not possible due to the pin (the White queen would then be able to capture the Black king by moving leftwards and 'reappearing' from the other side of the board to capture the Black king.

In this particular example, Qf7 is illegal. It is NOT an ordinary chess game (why would row 8 appear twice?); it is more of a continuous, never-ending board where a queen at a4 can go 'one square leftwards' towards h4.

The White rook checks the Black king in both directions (upwards and downwards). Qf7 only prevents one direction (upwards) but does not stop the White rook from capturing the Black king (since rows 1 and 8 are just next to each other after all!).

Did the OP edit his post, or am I the only one who isn't seeing two kings next to each other?

Did see it too.

It's probably a picture. Because in a diagram there is always the share button on the bottom.

wtf I'm not seeing any two rows nor kings beside...what are they talking about??

wtf I'm not seeing any two rows nor kings beside...what are they talking about??

Look carefully. Very very carefully. There are 9 rows (more precisely, ranks) in the rectangle. Did you see that row 8 appears TWICE in the diagram? In other words, the squares a8, b8, ... , h8 appear twice. I am assuming that the board in the diagram is on an infinite plane (continuous), such that a queen on d4 can move horizontally to the left to c4, b4, a4 and h4. It is as though a queen at a4 'reappears' from the other side of the board at h4 after movng one square to the left. It is like a video game where a character can 'reappear' from the other side of the screen.

Therefore, on an infinite plane, the square e8 and e1 would be next to each other, Similarly, e1 and f8 would be diagonally one square apart. Since there is a White king on e1 and a Black king on f8, it means both kings are diagonally next to (beside) each other.

I have no idea how use the Chess.com board to illustrate though.

It's called inner vision. You will see it if you try.