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Rules of Chess FAQ. Frequently asked chess questions.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]We had a few questions regarding a stalemate. You answered those and some others I didn't even know I had. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my dad and sister were just wanted to learn how to play this was a great page that has helped them out alot thankyou for this. russ
My young son (7) has been interested in Chess since Harry Potter, and on going to junior school found several boys with the same interest. He's had a few questions recently as he's become more serious with the game. We found your site at home using Ask Jeeves, and he has found it so easy to understand with the pictures & the B4 to B6 that he's going to ask his teachers if he'll be aloud to view the site at school because it was explained so clearly. Thanks!!!.... John & Maffy.
i have a question. is it true that the king cna move two spaces on its first move?
The King moves two cells as a first move only if it performs a 'castling' move. Other than that particular condition, it always moves one cell.
Of course if free castling is stipulated (as commonly before 100 yrs. ago), King can move one, two or three squares and Rook over to the adjacent square in a castle. Other than castling, in Orthodox Chess King moves its one square. But this is the Chess Variant Page, and the King movement rules are different in, I would guess, half or even one thousand(1000) of the 1600 or 1800 chess-type games herein.
Isn't this particular discussion line about the FIDE, or 'Mad Queen', variant? That was the foundation of my answer to the previous question.
this is the best chess site ever. the only thing that would make it better is if you made it so we could play chess here. I am a 10 year old player with a rating of 2150 I know chess and I go here to prove my friends aer wrong about a rule. This time it is that if you get a queen promotion the queen returns to the original sqare at the opening board that the queen would be holding. is this true please post.
When a Pawn promotes, the piece it promotes to replaces the Pawn on the square the Pawn promoted on.
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it is me ryan again another two stupid rules to bust. If you get your king across and back do you get a piece back. this rule I said it was true I was playing a 8 grader at the library and I said draw because he only had a knight and I had a bishop is this a rule. thanks again please post awnser
You do not get a piece back for getting your King across and back. When one side has only a King and a Bishop, and the other side has only a King and a Knight, the game will end in a draw -- but not because there is any rule which says the game is a draw. It will be a draw because neither side has enough material to checkmate the other side. If the players did not choose to call it a drawn game right away, it should eventually end in a draw by the 50 moves rule.
about that last comment there is a rule about that if each player only has a {king} a bishop or a knight and it is a draw by insuficiantmaterial please post again from ryan age 10 rating 2150
Why repost what is already posted? My last post is still there for you to read. If that's not what you're asking for, please be clearer.
I meant that your post said that there is not a rule but there is a rule that it is a tie by insufitiant material. I got a new rating of 2214 which is at master level
Here is the rule that most pertains to the sort of situation you were asking about:
<P>10.4<BR>
The game is drawn when one of the following endings arises:</P>
<P>(a) king against king;<BR>
(b) king against king with only bishop or knight;<BR>
(c) king and bishop against king and bishop, with both bishops on diagonals of the same colour.<BR>
This immediately ends the game.</P>
<P>There is no mention in this rule of the specific situation you described, in which one side has a Knight and the other side has a Bishop. In looking over the FIDE rules of Chess, I found no rule describing the situation you asked about.</P>
<P>I expect the reason for there being no rule saying this is a draw is because checkmate is still possible with these four pieces. Set up this configuration, and you will have a mate-in-one for White. White King on f8, White Knight on e5, Black King on h8, and Black Bishop on h7.</P>
this is a question. Hi it is me again ryan age 10 rating 2214 can you join this page if I can can you give me instructions to how I can join
Hi Ryan, Go here http://www.chessvariants.com/onthese/membership.html and follow the directions.
hello I ryanage10rating2250 is now a member newfischer and would like to know some things members can do that you can regularely not do.
Besides posting with id authentication, as you have just done, you can play games on Game Courier, and you can vote in polls when we have them.
To play games on Game Courier, go to http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/ and follow the instructions there.
I have alot of friends at school that say that chess is for nerds and geaks do any of you have this proble please replay after reading this message
I can start a poll, but you can't. Polls are conducted by the staff.
Chess is in fact a very popular game among nerds and geeks. But there are occasionally rumors that other people enjoy the game. If you dig far enough into the comments, you will find where I answered this question more seriously.
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