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Question about chess rules?
woodybr549
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Im a new chess player and my rule sheet is a bit vague. Can a player move into "check" therefore allowing the other player to "checkmate"?
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Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
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or smack the board over your opponants head.
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
Oh - you said concede the game...
Speak for yourself, Morsecode![}:)]
If you have no move other than a move into check, then that's a draw isnt it? Maybe I should check on the rules real quick.
No that's a stalemate, sorry. THAT results in a draw.
Thanks---Peabo
he has it correct, and there is theoretically no tie in chess, it is called stale mate
ok chess players here is three for ya
can a pawn move to a position directly to his side{edit} without capturing a piece that is in that square?
when a king is the only piece you have on the board, how many moves can he make before stalemate?
what is the minimum amount of moves that can be made from the start of the game to win by checkmate?
No its not a draw,, a draw is called when there is no possible way for one to checkmate the other..for example when there is only one peice on either side..If checkmate is possible, then no draw..When the opponent has you to the point of not being able to move unless into check He wins..
Wrong
If your only move is into check it is a stalemate and each player get 1/2 point in tournament.
If your only move is into check it is a stalemate and each player get 1/2 point in tournament.
mvp is correct also
come on guys those are three easy questions
2 when a king is the only piece you have on the board, how many moves can he make before stalemate?
3 what is the minimum amount of moves that can be made from the start of the game to win by checkmate?
1. I would say NO
2. I don't know if the rules limit the number of moves to keep the game from going on forever, but I would say the number is endless, depending on what pieces the opponent has remaining on the board.
3. Seven, four by winner and three by loser.
Thanks---Peabo
ok chess players here is three for ya
can a pawn move to a position directly to his side{edit} without capturing a piece that is in that square?
A pawn can never move directly to its side. It can move diagonally one square while capturing and if it it is En passant while it is passed by the opponants pawn in their opening move.
when a king is the only piece you have on the board, how many moves can he make before stalemate?
I think you are refering to the 50 move rule? that would be if the re has been no pieces taken and no pawn moves in the last 50 moves.
what is the minimum amount of moves that can be made from the start of the game to win by checkmate?3
#2beats me, seems like it could go on a while.
#5 moves each
PERIOD!
White Black
P-KKT4 P-K4
P-KB3 Q-R5 Checkmate
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
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en passant , very seldom known or used rule
the 50 move rule, it is often misunderstood that just the king can make 50 moves before stalemate, but the count gets restarted if the king makes a capture, or the opponents pawn is moved
while it has been referred to as 3 moves it actually takes the fourth move to declare checkmate
been playing for 32 years myself, know about it after about my fifth game, read it on many old chess books when i was a kid and inspired to be a great chess player, most of my learning how to loose was taught to me by a first class regional chess champ named Danny Doyle, when i was about 15 i was able to beat him frequently, and he quit playing me after that
who made that pawn rule up? in 50 years ive never seen it performed.
The en passant move was created by the french in the 1700s.
http://www.chessvariants.org/d.chess/50moves.html
http://chess.about.com/od/beginners/ss/ble22drw_4.htm
youll have to scroll down on this one
http://www.chessvariants.com/d.chess/chess.html
... now, if I can only cram it into all that other 'grey matter' without
having it fall out ... is another matter![:D]
If so I challange to some speed chess online? Lotsa fun and its good for the heart.
The answer to #1 is NO. Even in an en passant capture, where you move a pawn two spaces forward (obviously that pawn's first move) so that it is now next to your opponent's pawn, avoiding the capture that would be possible if you had moved it only one space forward, he can capture it as if you had moved it one space forward. The move is still diagonal, although it captures a piece which is on a horizontally-neighboring square. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant for an explanation. Interestingly, en passant is a new enough move that Asian chess variants do not have it (or some other moves you may be accustomed to).
To #2, I have never made a game last that long, but it seems to me there is a 10-move rule or something that makes the game a draw if you place your opponent in check 10 moves in a row and fail to checkmate him. It's been a long time, though, since I last played competitively.
To #3, it doesn't matter unless you are studying combinatorics, which I've successfully avoided doing seriously for a number of years and am not about to start again the first day of 2006.
As to the original question - no, you may not move yourself into check. If there exists no move that you can make which does not place you in check, it is a stalemate, and nobody wins the game. If you play with a computer chess program, the program will not let you make a move into check. Other interesting rules about being in check are that you may not castle into, out of, or "through" check.
I've never heard of holding an open hand facing down over the board to concede defeat. I usually manage to sneak into a stalemate when it becomes impossible for me to win. I was notorious for that tactic back when I played a lot. I never conceded a game and rarely lost, but I probably had more stalemates than wins, too. [;)]
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
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My grandfather in Ireland taught me to play chess and taught me the plam down gesture. It might be a European thing, but I've seen it used here in the US as well. It doesn't mean you are defeated, it means you can't make another move.