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Can I checkmate my opponent if in doing so will put my own King in check?

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Originally posted by tazjr
Can I checkmate my opponent if in doing so will put my own King in check?
No.

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Originally posted by skeeter
No.
+1

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I thought not. Thanks.

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BOWMANN'S GUIDE TO CHESS
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1. Learn the rules.

2. Play.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
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BOWMANN'S GUIDE TO CHESS
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1. Learn the rules.

2. Play.
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Isn't he learning the rules by asking questions about them?

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Originally posted by Natural Science
Isn't he learning the rules by asking questions about them?
Let me ask you a question.

When will he know he's learnt them all this way?

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Let me ask you a question.

When will he know he's learnt them all this way?
When he feels the need to ask no more.

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Originally posted by celticcountry
When he feels the need to ask no more.
Plonker.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Plonker.
When I play against Fritz, that's all I hear: "plonk...plonk...plonk."

Aren't all chess players plonkers?

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Plonker.
Brother Bowmann.....the best!

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Originally posted by tazjr
Can I checkmate my opponent if in doing so will put my own King in check?
Originally posted by tazjr
Can I checkmate my opponent if in doing so will put my own King in check?

Think about it more intuitively and it will make more sense. Your goal in the game is to protect your king and to kill your opponent's king before he does the same to you.

If you mate him by putting your king in check, then your opponent's next move he would just take your king and you would lose, never getting the next turn you would need in order to actually kill the other king. You would be dead and it wouldn't matter that he would be dead on the next move.

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Originally posted by TippedKing
If you mate him by putting your king in check, then your opponent's next move he would just take your king and you would lose, never getting the next turn you would need in order to actually kill the other king. You would be dead and it wouldn't matter that he would be dead on the next move.
What the fu*k are you talking about?

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Originally posted by Bowmann
What the fu*k are you talking about?
Think.