![]() So supposing we were playing by those rules, if I manage to get into a position where I am still incapable of making any move on my turn, shouldn’t that be considered a stalemate? Sure, you’re welcome to move into check, but if you do you are pretty much guaranteed to automatically lose. If the rules of chess were slightly changed, allowing the king to move into check, the overall game would basically not be any different. So, the way I see it, the hypothetical move into check is not forbidden in the same sense that, say, moving the king 2 spaces across the board would be against the rules. The only reason moving into check is not allowed is because the king would be captured on the next move. When a player becomes incapable of doing this the game is immediately over. ![]() In the game of chess, each player has to make one (and only one) move. ![]() It is true the knight would presumably capture the king on the next move, but before that could happen one of the players is not capable of making any move.Įven if this is considered a checkmate by definition, I am not sure it should be considered a true checkmate. So the question is: Would this still be checkmate? Should it be considered a checkmate? Obviously this would require the player’s king to be completely surrounded by his own pieces, and the opponent’s knight instigating the check, because otherwise the king could still theoretically make a move, even if it was into check. I got to thinking, what if a situation arises where there is no possible move a player can make (even if moving into check was allowed) but the player is in check. It is not explicit, but the obvious concept here is that if the player did not get out of check his king would be captured on the next move. ![]() In chess, a stalemate arises when there is no possible legal move a player can make.Ĭheckmate arises when a player is in check and there is no possible move he can make on the next turn that would allow him to not be in check. ![]()
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