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e4
Joined 06 May '08 Moves 42492 An old one from BCM in the 60's.
What is it that the Queen cannot do but every
other piece on the chessboard (including pawns) can?
Not a joke question - this is a fact.
Joined 31 May '07 Moves 696 Be one square away from the opposing king and not give check?
RHP Arms
Joined 09 Jun '07 Moves 48793 I already PMed GP with that answer - but its not really correct cos the King cannot do that either.
Everything I think of that the Q cannot do the King cannot do also.
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B is for bye bye
Joined 09 Apr '06 Moves 27526 Be traded for more valuable material. (Although, as I write this, I think it must be wrong, because the king is the most valuable.)
RHP Arms
Joined 09 Jun '07 Moves 48793 Originally posted by greenpawn34
An old one from BCM in the 60's.
What is it that the Queen cannot do but every
other piece on the chessboard (including pawns) can?
Not a joke question - this is a fact. I have an answer ...
The Queen cannot be moved to cause discovered check. All other pieces can!
🙂
e4
Joined 06 May '08 Moves 42492 Why the 6th and 8th ranks?
But you are close enough.
Answer:
The Queen is the only piece that cannot be the moving piece
when you give a discovered check.
Think about it - the opposing King would be in check.
Edit 1 - correct - posted just before I gave the answer.
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Joined 23 Aug '04 Moves 26660 Originally posted by Gastel
Be traded for more valuable material. (Although, as I write this, I think it must be wrong, because the king is the most valuable.) Kings cannot be captured.
Joined 19 Sep '06 Moves 3530 Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Kings cannot be captured. This is about queens, not kings.
Joined 27 Apr '08 Moves 473 Originally posted by golfer1
This is about queens, not kings. This is about reading, not randomly interjecting.
B is for bye bye
Joined 09 Apr '06 Moves 27526 Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Kings cannot be captured. And hence are the most valuable. If the a situation even exists where you are going to lose your king, you lose the game.
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Joined 23 Aug '04 Moves 26660 Originally posted by Gastel
And hence are the most valuable. If the a situation even exists where you are going to lose your king, you lose the game. If the King cannot be captured, how do you trade for it?
B is for bye bye
Joined 09 Apr '06 Moves 27526 You don't, it is too valuable to trade. I would give you any piece of mine on the board for your king. That's the goal of chess.
thru a glass onion
Joined 19 Apr '03 Moves 16870 this is a valuable discussion.
was here
Joined 23 Jul '07 Moves 83545 Very valuable. There are two correct answers.
Joined 15 Feb '07 Moves 667 Originally posted by AThousandYoung
If the King cannot be captured, how do you trade for it? One could argue that checkmate is the inevitable capture of the king on the next move.
Of course, typically a trade is done by one traded piece capturing the other only to be recaptured, and this is impossible between the king and enemy queen. The king cannot remain in check, and if the queen is protected, then the king cannot capture her.
If what is meant by trading a queen for a king is allowing her capture in order to checkmate, then that is better described as a sacrifice..
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