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What is the required material to force a king move checkmate?
A fun thing to do is to try to achieve specific "achievements" (like these) in real games.
One such achievement is to checkmate with a king move. As the king itself obviously can't deliver ...
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I don't understand why this scenario is checkmate. The black rook cannot move, as it's protecting black king. Can someone explain? See photo [duplicate]
So in this scenario the White Queen put the black king in check, which was then blocked by the black rook. So, how is it that the black queen moving to the position of F1 is considered checkmate? The ...
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Is this king in checkmate?
Consider this chess board set up:
Is the black king allowed to move to B4 or D4? The knight on C6 would put their white king in check if it moves.
I haven't really read any rules about this so ...
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Can someone explain why this is checkmate for white? Can a king put another king into checkmate? [duplicate]
I am just learning to play chess so bear with me please :). I understand that the black king cannot move to d8 or f8 because of the white rook, nor d7 or f8 because of the white bishop. But why can it ...
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Is this an illegal chess move?
Can the White king move to g2 to checkmate?
8/8/8/8/4Q3/7k/5K2/8 w - - 0 1
1. Kg2
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Why was this stalemate?
I'm new to chess and I don't have much knowledge. But I was playing a game as Black, and I was up by a lot of material and played Nxc4 to capture White's last bishop. The game ended in a stalemate, ...
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Using a check-preventing piece to protect the checkmating piece
Let's say that a piece is protecting my king from check, i.e. blocked or pinned. For example, my rook is in the way of my opponent's queen in checking my king. Can I checkmate their king with another ...
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Checkmate with 3 bishops vs 1 bishop
I know that you can mate with two bishops, but I do not know whether it is possible if White has 3 bishops, and Black has 1 bishop. Is there a general method? If so, is it possible for White to ...
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Why isn't the objective of chess to capture the opponent's king? [duplicate]
The objective of chess is to put the opponent's king in a position where it cannot evade capture. Why not go all the way?
Short of tremendous blunders of moving into check, chess would be completely ...
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At what playing strength level should one be able to mate with King Bishop and Knight vs King?
As in title above, at what playing strength level should one be able to mate with King, Bishop and Knight vs King without much effort (with reasonable time left for the game)?
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If a king is in check, can the opponent's king take said king if it puts them in check? [duplicate]
If a king is in check, can the opponent's king take said king if it puts them in check? Someone may think they win, but surely you can’t put yourself in check even if the opponent's king has been ...
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Taking the King while (self) being in check in Blitz Chess [duplicate]
In Blitz (5-min Chess) your opponent puts you in check.
You then make a move that places your opponent in check.
Can your opponent still take your King and claim victory (even though he's in check)?
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Could two kings force checkmate against a lone king?
I was looking at minimal combinations of material needed to force checkmate (K+R, Q+B, R+N+N, etc). You end up with a sort of threshold of how much material is needed, and that sort of assigns a ...
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Checkless Chess
Is there any material difference between chess the way it is now versus doing away with check and checkmate and defining victory as simply capturing the opponent's King, assuming an available King ...
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Moving into check?
I will try to be specific. I was playing a game, and the only piece my opponent could move was their king. It was taking forever for me to checkmate the king. I had a queen, two rooks, and a few pawns,...
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