i am going to be killing his pawn, which will put myself in check. the only thing that is guarding his pawn is his rook, which is also defending his king from my castle. am i allowed to kill his pawn? if i do so can he kill my king and win.
2006-07-09 09:00:53 · 7 answers · asked by RD 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
You can't make a move that exposes your King into check, even if that move would checkmate your opponent.
2006-07-09 09:05:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In chess, you are not allowed to put your own king in check. If you were to do so, the other player could then actually take your king, which would cause the uinverse as we know it to implode.
"But wait," you say, "What if when I put my king in check, I also put my opponent's king in check? Then my opponent would be forced to get his king out of check instead of attacking my king, right?"
Sadly, wrong. There are four ways to get your king out of check.
1: By moving your king to another, unthreatened square.
2: By moving a piece between your king and the threatening piece.
3: By capturing the threatening piece
4: By capturing the opponen'ts king, thereby causing the end of the world.
It should never actually be possible to capture the opponent's king, since that piece cannot be left exposed at the end of a turn, but if you were able to capture that piece, the chess world as we know it would end, and therefore the opponent would not be able to make another move, so that your king would no longer be threatened.
There is a variation to the game of chess, known as "Drunken chess," where you may expose your king to any number of threats during the game, in a process known as "bluffing." However, if the opponent calls your bluff, and takes the king, you loose. In drunken chess, exposing your king is acceptable, because you will be too hammered to know that checkmate has occured, so the king must be taken to end the game. However, if the opponent fails to call check before taking the king, the move is invalid, the game is a draw, and both opponents must clear the board of beverages, re-set the board, refill the pieces, and start a new game. Having more than one draw a night generally leads to emergency room visits, so even in this version, exposing the king is not reccomended.
2006-07-09 16:16:30 · answer #2 · answered by ye_river_xiv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't make the move. Here's why:
You don't ever really take the king in chess. Checkmate is the king being checked with no way out of it. For this to make sense there's another rule that says you can't put yourself into check. It's not a legal move. You opponent is the only one that can check you.
The weird thing is that you can checkmate someone with pieces that legally cannot move. (Because they don't have to move to take the king).
2006-07-09 16:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by elcomadreja2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In chess, unlike, say, nuclear war, the only king left wins. There's not even a move to kill the king. You call "checkmate" and that's that.
However, in a nuclear war, missiles are up in the air at the same time. First king to die won't be the last because the missiles in the air are not going to stop just because it's king is dead.
Gaming is becoming more and more life-like, but don't ever confuse it with reality.
2006-07-09 16:07:28 · answer #4 · answered by scavenger_meat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think the rule is that you are NOT allowed to make a move that will put yourself in check even for a checkmate on your opponent (but I may be wrong).
2006-07-09 16:06:24 · answer #5 · answered by grapetang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A plyer can never expose his king to check. It is an illegal move.
FYI.....Kings are never captured. The game simply ends.
2006-07-10 08:50:56 · answer #6 · answered by me dummy u priceless 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, i think it will be a stale mate then.
2006-07-09 16:05:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋