Forfeit a piece in chess?

Question

Is that allowed? Just sacrifice a piece on your own? If it is a rule...it costs you your turn rihgt?-----I dont mean forfeit game by knocking over King..just a pawn or sumthin.

Answer 1

You can sacrifice any piece at any time, for any reason.

The only thing you're not allowed to 'sacrifice' is your King. It is illegal to make any move which puts your own King in check.

Also, games are sometimes played 'at odds', meaning the better player will start the game without all of his pieces or pawns. To do this, you simply remove the 'odds' piece from the board before the start of play.

e.g. if you're playing against me in chess,and you're a much better player, you might remove (for example) your Queen's Knight before the game starts, thus starting the game a piece short. Play would then proceed as normal. You might also remove one of your pawns, starting the game with seven instead of eight.

'Odds' games can be played with any handicap that is agreed to by both players.

'Odds' games make it more interesting for the lesser of the two players, who might get blown away by the skill of the better player if they both started the game with identical forces.

Throughout history, players of grandmaster strength would frequently play against amateurs or patzers by removing one of their pieces (Knight, Rook or Queen, usually) in order to give the amateur a fighting chance. The notation for such games will indicate if a piece was removed prior to the start of play,so that when you replay the game via the chess notation, you'll start out with the board in the correct configuration.

Normally, the player 'giving odds' (i.e. giving up a piece or pawn) will play with the White pieces. However, sometimes the better player will give what are known as 'pawn and move' or 'piece and move' odds, meaning that not only will the better player give up a piece/pawn before the start of play, but that player will also play with the Black pieces (thus giving the weaker player the first move of the game, as white).

Paul Morphy, the great American champion of the 1850/60s, was so dominant at chess that, when he issued a challenge to any player in the world to play him in a match, no one would accept his challenge, even though Morphy offered 'pawn and move' odds (in other words, Morphy offered to play Black, AND give up a pawn before the game).

Answer 2

This is not a standard chess rule. I also don't see how that could be beneficial to either player since it removes the fun... If you wanted to get rid of a piece (let's say it was a pawn which was blocked by another pawn, or other piece), you could just kill it off by doing something risky. For example, you could put it into an unsafe square or remove a piece that is guarding it.

Answer 3

In a blitz game a sacrifice can make your opponent psyched or momentarily shocked because he perceives a trick but in reality he looses a second and thus defaults his timer, fortunately the better players see through this disguise.

Answer 4

forfitting pieces in chess is WHAAACK

Answer 5

nope cant do that