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Why is this not checkmate? (lemmy.world)
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[-] trijste@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Knight can move to block bishop

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

What? Pieces can't move over other pieces... This isn't fucking checkers.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Knight can. That's his main thing.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_(chess)

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

I don't trust wikipedia. I think big-chess has infiltrated it to sell you more knight pieces!

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

In the anonymity of the internet, I dare to say that I'm a former horsey piece seller who left because I couldn't stand it anymore. You are right, no piece ever moved over another. It's a myth perpetuated by the kind of person I was. But I can't do it anymore. It a lie, it always was. Don't believe anything of it.

Also stop using the kn**** word. It's offensive.

[-] jalda@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago

You shouldn't believe everything that is on the Internet

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Try it sometime. The game will let you because it’s a valid move

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

That is what Magnus Carlsen would want you to believe.

[-] Ataraxia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Only once you convince it it's actually a ghost and it can go wherever it wants but then you risk a haunting.

[-] envis10n@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Can confirm: I'm haunted by a guy on a horse

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Don't be silly, basically you can get off the horsey and go around the obstacle, but the this doesn't work for eg a pawn cause what are you going to do, split in two?

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

While is this technically possible, it takes too much time (about 2-3 turns depending on the size and fitness of the horsey).

That's what they don't tell you. "Horseys can jump, the Germans call them The Jumper." Yes, but at what cost?

[-] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Play on an offline physical chessboard and the game will let you do anything you want.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago

Or queen can just take it. Look at the left side. Or bottom.

What the hell is going on in here?

[-] stilgar@infosec.pub 4 points 2 years ago

No, the queens are all wallflowers, why do you think they aren't dancing?? I'll tell you, they're too shy.

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