Originally posted by peacedog Perhaps you forget the most important one. MATE ENDS THE GAME! So no matter how ahead in material, or development or anything, you lose if your mated.
Well that one usually is in peoples minds TOO much and they try to mate from move one. Perhaps I should have mentioned it... But I noticed this rule gets stated quite a bit.... These three don't get enough attention.
any piece?? does that mean what is actually says?? if so,then I may consider promoting to a King,2 kings to be mated may make it a little more difficult for an opponent!😵
Originally posted by RECUVIC any piece?? does that mean what is actually says?? if so,then I may consider promoting to a King,2 kings to be mated may make it a little more difficult for an opponent!😵
Haha duly noted. I will edit that in there.
Edit: its too late 🙁 oh well we have it noted though.
great idea! by the way,do not forget to mention that a pawn can be promoted to any piece,except a King as noted,also except one of your opponents captured pieces! hee hee!--😏
So on the same subject,another rule of promotion,No promotion move may be made which causes the promoting players King to be placed in check,however if there are no alternative legal moves available either,then the game is obviously stalemate drawn,however unlikely that may be in reality!? Not impossible,but neither is it very likely to actually occur!😳
Originally posted by RECUVIC 2 kings to be mated may make it a little more difficult for an opponent!😵
Maybe... maybe not... the following positions would be Black checkmated 😀 Remember, you only have one move, and if you can't get out of check, it's checkmate... 🙂
Sorry that this is going off-topic, but in your Corner article... for the McKay game, did you notice that Black had a quicker forced mate on move 27 instead of playing Rc2 ? Of course, Rc2 is the best practical solution OTB... just mentioning out of interest. 🙂
Originally posted by greenpawn34 You may get people disagreeing with you as either King can move.
Yes, but the rules state that you must not leave yourself in check.
Then you'll say... but the rules don't allow promotion to a king in the first place... sure, I agree. But I did hear about some blitz tournament where if someone plays an illegal move then the opponent must claim it *immediately* or the move stands. A game between two juniors involved one of them hurriedly grabbing what he thought was a spare queen at the side of the board, only it was a king from the game that had ended next to them. The opponent didn't claim the mistake and instead made a move... the game continued...
Originally posted by Varenka Sorry that this is going off-topic, but in your Corner article... for the McKay game, did you notice that Black had a quicker forced mate on move 27 instead of playing Rc2? Of course, Rc2 is the best practical solution OTB... just mentioning out of interest. 🙂