I was told that King can be moved in L-Shape (usual move of a Knight) once in the whole game. Is this true? If so in what conditions does this apply?
2006-08-23 03:30:56 · 19 answers · asked by Syam P 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
NO. Not true.
The only special move a King can make is by swapping with EITHER of the rooks, assuming neither the ROOK nor the KING have been moved or the KING has been in check + there cant be any other pieces (Queen, Peado, Knight) in the way.
And Knights move up THREE and then across one, not TWO...
2006-08-23 03:32:31 · answer #1 · answered by bobby t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knight In Chess
2016-10-06 11:17:09 · answer #2 · answered by oplinger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way you can get away with this is when the opponent is looking the other way. It is called Le Cheat and is rarely used because most players stare at the boards, but in 1912 Alexander Vishnovsky won the World Championship from Valdimir Yulonovich after playing the infamous Naked Girl Gambit to distract Yulonovich (playing as Black) then performing a Le Cheat, moving his King from a1-b3, getting him out of an otherwise certain checkmate.
2006-08-23 07:22:56 · answer #3 · answered by Kyrix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a king can move only once in any direction. He can never check another king. What he can do is called encaslement, witch goes as follows: move the king two spaces towards the rook(with no other pieces in the way) then jumb the rook over the king. for this move to be legal it must be the kings first move of the game.
2006-08-23 03:35:34 · answer #4 · answered by Ricky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, the King can never move like a Knight. King can only ever move just one square at a time.
2006-08-23 04:19:03 · answer #5 · answered by nbr660 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no the king only moves 1 space but any direction and the knight moves up/down 2 over 1
that has nothing to do with the knight though
2006-08-23 03:32:30 · answer #6 · answered by anthonyc433 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of that before. The only special move that I am aware of is "castling" (if that's how you say that) the king. Adn that has to do with the king and the rook making a special move and switching sides -- nothing to do with the night.
2006-08-23 03:34:11 · answer #7 · answered by JCS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, in Indian format, this is allowed, once in the game. But, on the same token, CASTLING, is not recognised in Indian format. International format, does not recognise Knight Move, for King.
2006-08-23 04:02:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The King never makes that type of move. "Castling" is the only atypical move for the King and that is a straight line.
Aloha
2006-08-23 03:37:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of that for the classic rules of chess. Sometimes people come up with bizarre variations of the rules for their own games, but it's not in the traditional game of chess at all.
2006-08-23 03:42:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋