What's that old joke about [video]gamers playing chess? They'd complain the Queen is OP pawns need a buff, something along those lines? Help a brother out!
>>344572973
They'd say that white going first is another disgusting example of white privilege.
>>344573148
this, and that the queen protects the king
>>344572973
They'd say that nippon's version shogi is the superior game you baka
>no porn of the queen yet
HOW?
>chess with /v/
>>344573519
you arent looking hard enough
>>344572973
I disagree with the joke because I'm s flaming autist. Both players have the same number of the same type of pieces. The challenge doesn't revolve around how powerful their pieces are but how they utilize these pieces.
>>344573519
http://rule34.paheal.net/post/list/Chess/1
Not safe for work obviously.
>>344573592
I don't get it
>>344573592
Even if, as a regard, you don't know the rules of chess, why would this be your move of choice?
>>344572973
>>344573784
the white player got owned and butthurt because he can't the rules
>>344573592
Well, why is that a stalemate?
>>344573784
Black player's turn. He can't move anywhere without getting into check = stalemate
>>344573592
How is this a stalemate though? Is it because if black was to move anywhere he'd put himself in check which he can't do, but it's not checkmate because the king is not directly threatened at the time? Haven't played chess in years
>>344573990
Black privilege
>>344573990
Moving your king into a check position is an illegal move.
When a player can take no legal moves, it is a stalemate.
>>344573854
Explain please
>>344574020
why doesn't that count as a white win then?
>>344572973
WE
>>344574142
Because white doesn't have black in check yet.
>>344574198
WUZ
>>344574020
That's it? Bullshit then, the white guy clearly won.
>>344574073
What a shit rule
>>344574073
Chess is such a stupid game.
>>344574142
The game cannot end so it's no ones win. But it's a moral victory for Black in that instance.
>>344574035
correct
>>344573592
Why wouldn't you just move Queen to B4 and win?
>>344574256
>>344574285
You're getting no argument from me.
>there are people on /v/ RIGHT NOW that don't know the ways a game of fucking chess can end
>>344574243
This is an extreme example of course, but this rule helps more than it harms.
The black player would be expected to forfeit in an official game, but in a casual game like this this happens.
>>344574381
>he doesn't know if there aren't any pieces taken for 50 moves, the game's considered a draw
>>344574073
That means white wins, not both players tie. I mean obviously he knows he won IRL, but it'd be frustrating to play SFII and double perfect Guile as Ryu and still get told to go home and be a family guy.
>>344574342
Because it's black's turn, and he can't take any moves, so it's a stalemate. Do you even chess?
>>344574256
>>344574285
I dunno, if you let a guy with only his king (and maybe a blocked pawn) set up a stalemate, you deserve it
>>344574114
Checkmate in a few moves
>>344574578
if he had moved his queen one more space down it would have been checkmate is the thing
>>344574495
>That means white wins, not both players tie.
By whose authority?
>game is a draw if you start winning too hard
>>344574020
That's checkmate
>>344574495
More like it's like you get a TKO, then the timer disappears, and Ryu suddenly isn't allowed to attack for 50 seconds, at which point the game declares stalemate.
You don't play either SF or chess, so fuck your opinion anyway, my man.
>>344574142
Stalemate can be seen as "Black was skilled enough to evade losing and forced the game to end" and "White had a large advantage, and still wasn't able to pin down the king".
>>344574495
You'd have to literally blunder into that kind of situation in a real game, provided you actually fucking knew the rules. White had plenty of ways to put him in check and went with one of the few that would lead to a stalemate.
>>344574493
If I remember correctcly it is actually 50 turns without a pawn being taken
>>344574705
Sense. If black has no moves that he can make and white has plenty that will end the game, white wins. Black is the one with no options, because he played worse than white the whole game.
>>344574714
It's a rule that prevents people from wasting endless amounts of time shuffling their king back and forth while you try to 'catch' it.
Obviously such a scenario will last for quite some turns, so they simply have a rule that calls any shuffling scenario a stalemate.
In real games, whoever is put into stalemate concedes.
>>344574495
Maybe white shouldn't have dicked around and put him in checkmate instead of getting stalemated.
>>344574738
I, uh, played both today. But thanks for your concern, I guess.
>>344574705
By the authority of normal people.
If you pulled this shit and smugly called stalemate when playing against meI suck at chess so it won't happen anywayI'll call you a faggot and let you clean the table.
>>344574670
Yeah. White's getting punished for doing a stupid move when he could have easily won. It's that simple.
>>344574020
>He can't move anywhere without getting into check = stalemate
A stalemate is when it's impossible for either side to win, e.g. they only have a king each or something to that effect. When you can't move without going into or staying in check that is checkmate.
>>344574946
>if I made a dumb move to produce a tie instead of win I would be mad at you
Okay, faggot.
>>344574493
Isn't this valid only when the only remainIg pieces are the kings?>>344574746
Isn't this supposed to be "death by drowning"? I haven't played chess in many years
Checkmate has to originate from a check. If the king isn't in check but all movements will put him in check, that's stalemate.
![b49[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/riDjlmP.gif "b49[1].gif")
>>344574946
>By the authority of normal people.
>>344574809
So you can give up all your pawns and then stall for 50 turns?
>>344572973
It's a stale mate because he can't move anywhere without getting into check AND he is currently not in check
>>344575228
No.
>all these retards not understanding basic chess rules
as expected of /v/
>>344574285
how is chess stupid? it is a direct test of mental computation power. if you dont like it youre stupid
>>344575228
good luck stalling for 50 turns without half of your board or taking an opponent's pawn
>>344575148
Well, no, that's when conventional "you can't end a move in check" stuff. As soon as you get down to Kings only, it's automatically a stalemate since neither King can approach the other. It's possible to faff about with other pieces far longer, and so the 50 turn rule exists.
>>344575032
>When you can't move without going into or staying in check that is checkmate.
But he's not IN check to start with. That's the issue.
>>344574848
But white can't move until black does. If black can't move then neither of them can and the game is over. One of the responsibilities of a good player is avoiding this.
>>344575228
>>344572973
As long as you don't take any of your opponents pawns, because that would reset the counter.
But just giving away all your pawns would mean you already are at a 8 Point disadvantage and your king would be out in the open so you would be at a hilarious diatvantage and your opponent should have no problem winning in 50 turns.
One thing I never get about chess is the distinction about 'checkmating' the king instead of just killing the king. I mean, you lose when the king dies, so obviously if it can die in a given turn you have to protect it one way or another. So I really don't see how the game would be different if the rules were simple "You lose when you lose the king", save for scenarios like in >>344573592 which to be honest should be white win anyway.
>>344574809
>>344575228
It's actually stricter than that.
>The fifty-move rule in chess states that a player can claim a draw if no capture has been made and no pawn has been moved in the last fifty moves
>>344574035
>>344574073
How does one even achieve a checkmate if the game is forced to end before it can even occur?
Why is it even illegal in the first place? If a player makes a dumb move they should be punished.
>>344575597
its called Blitz Chess
My dad taught me how to play chess.
He got me a book about it, taught me the basic rules and we started playing. We did a few matches and the he said we'd play "real chess" from now on: we played one move per day. One fucking move. Set the table, white plays. Next day black plays, Next day white plays again and so on.
I emancipated at 16 and I barely talk to him.
>>344575597
Because it is pretty much a fancy way of making sure that one can't just take the king of his opponent if he doesn't see thaqt he is in check
>>344575618
No, it's looser than either. It's be stricter if it said "or."
Who do you main in chess?
>Knight master race
>>344575597
Checkmating puts more challenge on putting the king in a scenario where he has nowhere to go. If it was as easy as just capturing the king then some games would go really really simply, and that's not the kind of game Chess is.
Also Black deserves the stalemate (which isn't even really a win more just 'white didn't win') because Black was smart with their king movements and white was stupid when it came to his movements. Stalemate exists for a few reasons, one of them being to give someone who's in the disadvantage a decent chance to at least not lose.
>>344575745
Because you're not allowed to regicide your own king. Illegal moves are illegal for a reason.
>>344575618
Ah, thanks.
That also highlights the other important part about stalemate rules that with all of them, except the one in the OP all must be declared by a player to take effect
>>344575796
Stricter as in it would be very hard to force a draw with this rule.
>>344575891
Why did you mark an X on C4?
>>344576050
Ah, my mistake.
>>344576074
They're where the horsie goes. I figured /v/ would be really confused if I made a T-shape for its attack pattern, so I put a line and Xs.
>play chess in real life
>everyone sucks and I win every single time
>play chess online
>everyone is a god and I lose every single time
>>344573592
Elephant to E5 and it was check mate
>>344576183
You made it more confusing by doing that desu.
>>344576186
half of the online players just cheat and use an AI to play for them
>>344576209
>Elephant
pajeet pls go
>>344576183
Why would a line and an X be less confusing than an L? Everyone knows the horsies go in Ls.
>>344576273
Fucking Deep Blue. Look what that shit started.
>>344575745
Why have any rules at all? Just scatter the pieces on the board and make it up as you go!
>>344575420
Shit. I just looked it up and it's true, if you aren't in check and can't make a legal move then it's a stalemate, not checkmate. I always just assumed the guy that taught me how to play actually knew the rules...
No wonder everyone talks up "the strategy", it's almost impossible to win without one. Reminds me of a story I once heard where an amateur managed to beat a few chess masters. They apparently claimed they couldn't read his moves and he never fell for their bait, he said he never even saw their bait and there were no moves to read because he never employed any sort of strategy.
>>344575903
Thing is in actual tournament play, Black would be obligated to concede rather than claim a stalemate on a technicality. Chess is big on sportsmanship
>>344576262
Well, hey, then mission accomplished, I guess. I was just fishing for (you)s anyway.
So what's important to note is that if E4 was held by a bishop, black could escape into D4, and not be put into stalemate.
All you people complaining about Stalemate, answer me this.
What's your opinion on the rule when playing pool that if you miss when on the black ball you lose.
At low level games it makes it harder for the guy doing well, since his opponents balls are all over the place.
I'm just interested what the overlap here is, it's a similar scenario to this Stalemate, except the one winning actually loses.
Didn't a guy put himself into checkmate in Code Geass?
>>344576509
This isn't rebbit m8.
There is no point in acquiring (you)s.
>>344574114
Black queen to H4 = checkmate. Basically, it's the worst couple of opening moves for white.
>>344576186
I had a "phase" about chess when I learned how to play and I barely ever won (I only played online, never even got a board). Then one day by coincidence people were playing chess at my school and this one kid was apparently winning against everyone so I tried my luck: won with a fucking Scholar's mate and walked away saying something like "Oh wow, beginner's luck I guess!"
Pretty much the coolest day of my life.
>>344576481
I want a Happy Gilmore-style movie about an asshole chess player who never shakes hands and never concedes.
CHECKMATE!
>>344576547
I'm hardly a billiards expert, but I thought you only lost if you scratched off of black.
>>344576549
You can't walk into a fucking checkmate, senpai. It's a bit like sacrificing all your lifepoints to summon 3 blue eyes white dragon from the graveyard.
>>344576041
>Because you're not allowed to regicide your own king.
I'd think any serious player would be avoiding a situation that would make them LOSE, you don't need to make a special rule just to do that.
>>344576460
This works in warfare too,Americawill vouch for it.
>>344576770
Apparently they had idiots back when chess was invented, so they put in a special rule that makes it illegal to kill yourself for any reason.
>>344576460
That is not even just a problem for chessmasters.
I help train the children in my town's chess club and playing against them can sometimes trip you up because they don't react to your tactics the same way an opponent of the same Level would
![771b7acfa6f2e92f605d8b038bff3022[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/h39iqzc.jpg "771b7acfa6f2e92f605d8b038bff3022[1].jpg")
>>344576549
And the best way to win at Go is to have a ancient ghost tell you all the moves to do when you play online.
>>344576701
Curse you and your chessboard flipping!
>>344576404
It's not the same thing and you know it.
>>344572973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RHLtx9r2LA
>>344575447
The stalemate rule was invented by bad chess players to feel good about themselves. It's like the ancient form of this kid. It's also not been the only way of playing chess historically.
>>344576735
>You can't walk into a fucking checkmate, senpai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_mate
>>344576549
It was a metaphor for him not caring about the rules, he was looking outside the box. It was also to see what Zero would do and ascertain his identity.
So deep.
>>344576460
chaos is a decent strategy in itself. an enemy spends time shoring up its weaknesses? you attack its main gate. 'the element of surprise' is very potent
>>344577131
If you run into a stalemate like in the OP, a draw is the best you deserve.
>>344574243
>>344574256
>>344574285
>>344574495
>>344574946
>>344577131
>this is how video gamers actually think about game rules
no wonder esports are so shit
>>344577161
You don't walk into those. In fact, your king doesn't move at all.
>>344576460
>An amateur managed to beat a few chess masters
>never employed strategy
I mean, it's possible, sure, but so unlikely, assuming that this amateur wasn't just a non-ranked master-level player, or a full autistic savant. In chess you very quickly reach a level where playing by 'feel' alone isn't enough, and without theory you'll get your shit handed to you. Beginner's luck doesn't really exist in this game.
>>344575761
Didn't know that.
>>344575795
Wouldn't a rule 'say check when you put a threat on the king' rule work just fine for that though?
>>344575903
You're right that black stylishly managed to get a draw out of it but I can't help but think it's just a technicality - as anyone can see that on the board in general it got crushed. Then again, I know nothing about chess.
>>344577304
>chess baby defending stupid comeback mechanics.
>>344577401
During freshman college year and in high school, anyone who can beat anyone at chess is called a grand fucking master, anon.
>>344576701
Uh
>>344576681
>you are an asshole for not concending when the game isnt officially over
What pussy would even concede when their is still a slight chance to win?
>>344577443
It's not about black losing, it's about white 'not-winning'. He couldn't seal the deal.
>>344577443
It really only hurts overconfident idiots and rewards deft movements on the loser's part. White had at least three ways to put black into check and stalemated him instead.
>>344573592
It's the white players fault really. He could've easily ended the game without a stalemate.
How fucking dumb do you have to be when you have that many pieces to put the opponent in check every single turn?
Fucking /v/irgins
>>344573592
For people confused:
Black king isn't in check, but if he moves anywhere he would be. You can't move into check. It's black's turn and he can't make any moves. That's stalemate.
White wanted to get checkmate, where black is in check and cannot make any moves.
>>344577568
There is no chance to win. That's the point. All you can do is waste time through stalling, or you're in stalemate.
In a stalemate, like pictured here >>344575891
there is nowhere for the king to go, and yet it was very easy to avoid this 'trap' in the first place. Thus, he deserves it, and while white doesn't get a checkmate, he put black into stalemate, which means black has to concede in a real match, or moan about the stalemate on 4chan if it's a for fun match.
>>344577304
It's valid if you're down to only kings, but if you literally can't make a move without dying logic dictates you lose.
>>344577568
Anon, all chess players are pussies. The higher the rank, the bigger the pussy.
>>344577842
>has to concede in a real match
Why does he have to?
I thought its basically a draw?
>>344576186
People serious about chess often go online. When you play with people locally they usually don't study too much. Same applies to many other video games.
>>344577968
You can be a bitch about it, but getting put in stalemate means you were horribly outplayed.
>>344578108
If the other guy cant win means you werent actually outplayed.
>>344577968
It's not a draw. He can't move anywhere. If a stalemate scenario was possible in your videogames, it would equal something like 'loss -1.' It's not a full loss, but it's still a loss by another name.
But because chess is a real sport for real men and women, it has all these sportsmanship rules, where you 'concede' if you're about to get stalled or stalemated. In case you don't know, concede is chinese for 'I accept that I have lost and I give this victory to you.'
>>344577443
Black did nothing that had a huge effect to get the stalemate, it was solely White's idiocy which got him the draw, because in that situation there are so many ways to win (and depending how the match went the second Queen further proves his stupidity)
Also draws become very stratigically important in Team games where if your Team has already won 4 out of 8 boards the rest on the Team has to only aim to edge out one draw.
There is a skill involved in inducing a stalemate, or at least the most likely conditions for it to happen. It's known as a 'swindle', as it's usually a player who's clearly losing finding a way to claim a draw, but it's not just a 'dick move'. Or, of course, it could just be the stronger player fucking up, as in >>344573592
>>344577876
No, dumb dumb. The point of stalemate is to punish poor play from the person winning. If you force your opponent into a position where they can get a stalemate you, and nobody but you, fucked up because you boxed them in without putting them in check.
You don't deserve a win in that situation because you were stupid enough to make the eight squares around the king danger zones and not the one in the middle.
>mfw /v/ literally cannot seem to understand the rules, lingo, or spirit of chess.
>>344578269
What are you talking about? In tournament play people are almost never going to get stalemated unless they set up a trick for it. If it's an obvious loss you are encouraged to concede so as not to waste both players' times, but if you have a reasonable chance at a draw through a stalemate you take it.
If you hope for a stalemate when there's a <1% chance the opponent could fall for it then you're wasting their time, but if you set up something clever it's fine.
>>344575597
The idea is to capture the king, not murder him.
>>344578269
Stalemates are the equivalent of suiciding yourself to kill your opponent when you both only have one life remaining.
> All of these people bitching about chess
Fuck how /v/ has fell. Anyone up for a nice game of chess?
https://lichess.org/VqgsfHSa
>>344573764
>dat white bishop
HNNG
>>344578827
Step the fuck up /v/ . I haven't played chess in years.
>>344573592
Funny as hell
>>344577842
>>344572973
>there is nowhere for the king to go, and yet it was very easy to avoid this 'trap' in the first place. Thus, he deserves it, and while white doesn't get a checkmate, he put black into stalemate
You really don't get how chess works do you?
Black didn't enter a "trap", if you are in such a situation you AIM for a stalemate.
Also White putting Black in a stalemate isn't a good thing, but a punishment for stupidity.
Also in most variations you are not forced to concede and the game gets counted as a draw, such as team games and the World Chess Championship.
>>344573764
>no pawns transforming into queens
>>344572973
He doesn't.
The game gets counted as draw.
>>344578827
>play chess with /v/
>start up chess game
>set CPU to grandmaster level
>you make your /v/ opponent's move on the chess game
>you make the same moves your grandmaster CPU does
>become chess legend
>get all the hot chess pussy
>>344574493
Wrong, if no pieces are taken and no pawns are moved for 50 turns the game's a draw.
>>344579268
I actually did that at 1 tournament. I won the game but felt pretty shit. Never did it again.
Also there are some hot girls in chess.
>>344578574
But the poorest play is to lose all of your pieces.
>>344579280
So that would mean both opponents are faffing around with knights for 50 turns?
When the fuck does that ever happen?
>>344579403
Wouldn't you like to know?
>>344579352
the poorest play is the one that makes you lose when you have the greatest advantage.
>>344579280
it probably happened one time at a tournament and they made the rule after two smartasses kept making the same moves to delay the tournament or something
>>344576186
feels
>>344579403
Both Players have only their kings ant rooks remaing and are competent enough to not lose them.
While theoretically both could still win, chances Aare that if nothing happened for 50 turns it won't ever, so it just gets declared as a draw.
>>344574670
how so?
>>344579752
The left queen would put the king in check and the right queen would protect her. White played himself by not actually attacking the king.
>>344579752
>>344574670
nvm I see it
>>344579752
moving the queen down one more space would have put the black king in check. because the black king cannot move to any of the 8 spaces around it and not get captured, it is mate.
white was dumb and played it safe, trying to protect his second queen, and lost the match for it
Why is chess considered the best strategy game?
It's mostly just memorizing your earlier gameplays and how to handle stress in a tough situation. If you can keep your head cold, in tough situation you are already an average chess player.
>>344576549
>>344578681
>/v/ literally thinks you should win if you make it impossible to legally achieve the only win condition
>>344575745
>How does one even achieve a checkmate if the game is forced to end before it can even occur?
Because a checkmate is when the offending player (white in this case) moves a piece to check the king, but he can make no other moves due to also being in check (IE, an illegal move). Due to the only move the black player could make being sitting still which doesn't put his king in danger as it would in a checkmate, it's considered a stalemate.
Thought yeah, black player would have to forfeit in an actual game in this case.
>>344579268
>>344579349
>Girls
>Chess
Women are fucking shit at chess. They lack original thinking like men do.
I beat my gf at chess because I counter attacked her moves. She panicked and lost. She could have easily found a way to beat me like pro chess player does.
>>344580562
Just because you're gf is shit doesn't mean they all are. I played a state champion that was female and I got my ass handed even tho I was the regional champ.
>>344580520
>black player would have to forfeit in an actual game in this case.
in an actual game the game ends and no one wins or loses.
>>344580202
>this anon literally thinks you should win even if you do not satisfy the only win condition
I know you're here Jeffrey
>>344580109
Because there's such a massive variety of possible directions that even one specific opening could branch off into. You get to know the openings pretty well, and you may find yourself in familiar positions in separate games, but without the ability to adjust and react to new positions, you'll fall short pretty quickly. For sure though, keeping a cool head under pressure is massively important.
>>344580820
huh? stalemate is a draw, senpai
>>344580780
>implying shemales count
>>344580780
I guess you were less of a man than she was.
>>344580994
I literally thought that guy literally said the literal opposite of what he literally said.
>>344576547
I don't know where you're from but typically in the states you have to sink it in a wrong pocket. A table scratch won't lose you the game.
>>344575837
Rooks are the key to victory
>>344581268
Yeah, I've never heard of that ending the game, unless of course you scratch, then sink the 8.
>>344581247
Chess isn't a game of manliness. It's a sport like any other that requires practice and dedication if you want to get better.
>>344577069
About time someone posted it
>>344580520
Where does this Black have to forfeit come from; seeing as even in the World Championship if there is a draw an additional game is played.
(That is why one final ended with 5 wins, 3 losses and 40 draws)
>>344582378
They weren't draws as in op. But both players agreed it was a draw since both of them could repeat a infinite sequence that wouldn't lead to victory of either.
>>344580520
Technically wouldn't white have put black into the checkmate with whatever move he made before that created thar situation then?
>>344578827
black sure fucked himself bad
>>344580562
She's letting you win so you feel like you're in control with the relationship while she runs around behind your back.
Just curious, which pieces does she like better? White or black?
the only female character, the queen, is a fucking mary sue, the most overpowered unit in the whole game. You can move in any direction, any distance, whatever you want!
God I hate women
>this chess match between anons.
Good game man! I enjoyed it thoroughly. It felt nice to get some brain exercise even tho we both played like horse shit. I'd give it a solid 8/10
>>344572973
That's a rook.
>>344572973
>>344577069
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgeYScYe8wI
>>344572973
What happened to the pawn that moved too close to the queen?It died!
>>344583195
It feels good to use my brain for games again. It went downhill after I embarked on my 50/50 right side rook into backfield bait, which you didn't fall for.
8/10 at the very least.
![447px-Manlytears3[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/JcePjSM.jpg "447px-Manlytears3[1].jpg")
>>344583479
When the next ches thread pops up I hope we play again. Until next time anon. Until next time my friend.
>>344575837
>knight
>being willfully contrarian
Knights are a good trade for other royals, but not end-game pussy-destroyers like Rooks. Even Bishops move faster than knights, even though they can only cover half the board each.
>>344581446
My nigga
>>344576678
>mfw pulling off scholar's mate
>>344583717
We'll meet again someday. I can feel it.
>>344575837
>there are people in this thread who don't main peasants.
Poor little black king.
>>344582529
Well I just looked stalemate up and it says that it has been standardized to always coubnt as a draw with some People disagreeing which as a chess Player I am more inclined to believe because in over 15 years I never encountered that rule and because there are to many cases of a stalemate occuring in more equal settiing where a percieved Advantage for one side would be much harder to judge so drawing a line becomes difficult.
Do you have a rules excerp or any sources, because I would really like a clear answer.
>>344584073
Stalemates primarily feature into team matches. A stalemate would be worth less points than a checkmate.
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>>344584073
Not really. Only experience I have when I played it. A judge can declare a draw if no progression is made in a sufficient amount of turns, or any of the players can offer a draw at any given time and should the other party accept it counts a draw.
>>344583989
But according to this thread this would be a stalemate so he actually wins.
>>344584231
I know. That's why I am skeptical, because I mostly play Team 8 v s8 and in 15 years I NEVER heard of that.
It is even a strategy that when your team has 4 Points you try to force a draw with among other means stalemate because at that Point you don't need a win.
Anyone else play online regularly? 1900 shitter here
>>344584594
Depends whose turn it is. If it's white's turn, that king is in for some serious action.
>>344584706
I used to play online regularly but never got past the 1700s. Now I just play against the computer once in a blue moon.
>>344584594
No, it would be a draw and considering White has 8 Queens he wanted to force a draw, has an age in the single digits or is an absolute retard, who deserves nothing more than a draw.
>>344584706
I'm too scared because I'm still really bad, so I usually just do tactics puzzles
>>344584917
>8 Queens
Correction, 7 Queens, still a retarded Thing to do.
>>344584706
Not regularly, but I play from time to time. About 1800.
>>344584971
But playing matches is fun, even if you lose.
>>344575383
>direct test of mental computation
Which you clearly don't have due to your constant misspellings
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>>344585198
For some reason I want a /v/ chess group even though it's a horrible idea
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>>344585081
What are you, gay?
>>344585589
Worse, helping to teach beginners chess and one of the earlier things you learn after the basics is that if you can win without a second Queen you should rather promote to rook exactly because the chance of a stalemate is much lower withan additional rook rather than a second Queen.
>>344585998
But RookxKing is gay shit.
>>344572973
I never understood the obsession with balance in games. Like people always bitched about dnd 3.5 about how the melee classes were far outmatched by the magic users. No shit, gandalf the grey is more badass and useful than some rank and file soldier. Same with computer rpgs, theyre constantly updating them to make everything balanced to the point of it all being the same shit with a different skin
>>344586342
To be extreme about it, when one option/character/method of play is obviously the best, every game becomes a samey mirror match/stalemate
>>344582950
i miss fitz
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>>344584725
It is indeed white's turn.
The marker underneath the black king means it was the piece moved last.
Black is about to be checkmated, not a stalemate
>>344585998
I could understand underpromotion to a Knight. But why a rook? Just to avoid stalemate?
>>344580175
I never got this why didn't he just take Schneizels king.
>>344573592
Similar thing happened when I was playing with my 10 year old sister. I was playing black and I got her down to her king, and then she pulls this stalemate bullshit on me.
>inb4 getting beaten by a little kid in chess
I never learned chess, just know the basic moves and stuff.
queen was originally the general. it's called queen because of some bad french translation.
now fuck off
>>344588940
It'd be taking a win when your opponent's letting you win by bullshiting you with an invalid suicide
>>344588867
Yep, because a King and a rook are more than enough to checkmate, while with a Knight you need additional pieces.
Also this isn't a general thing, but only in case you already have a Queen and you dont' fall behind or become equal to your opponent by "only" taking a rook which is still the second strongest Piece.
Also yes stalemate is a big concern in this case, because most of the unbalanced stalemates happen because of a second Queen (like in the OP).
>>344574073
Am I missing something? What you describe is a Checkmate.
>>344590035
You still win though and the enemy isn't expecting you to actually do it.
>>344590010
That's incorrect
>>344590537
it is not. it was originally the vizier (persian general)
>>344590208
No, a checkmate has the additional condition that the space the king occupies has to be under threat.
/v/cord for anyone who wants to play some chess with peoplehttps://discord.gg/HPMwM
I go with the joke that it's the first game to actually having a badass female of color.
>>344576547
Our old house rules used to be, scratch on the 8 and you lose, or call the wrong pocket. No one had a problem with "missing" the 8 ball if they didn't have a shot.
>>344575837
No one ever expects the hooks, plus the early game blitzing is GOAT. Knight all the way.
>>344586803
lol
>>344580175
ah, /a/, the place of neverending autismo
I've actually been trying to get better at chess lately. It's pretty fun to learn all small little tips, and in's and out's of the game. A good phone game for the toilet.
>>344573764
>only one page
I'm disappointed
>>344572973
Did I miss it or did no one post the image?
>>344582839
kek
>>344595067
I don't think anybody has.
Thanks m8.
Is there any site where we can create a private room?I want to play videogames with you
