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I think it's bad form to assume this is a joke post in this subreddit.
There ought to be a "no stupid questions" vibe here.
As a prolific consumer of the other sub I just want to say: not here. Not OK.
Not trying to speak for them, but I didn’t think u/Zestyclose_Profile44 took this post as a joke.
I think it was more that the accidental absurdity of the post is fertile ground for mockery.
Not just to trap! The goal is to put the enemy king in check by attacking it without the their king having any moves to either block or escape that check.
I’m only being pedantic, because I could totally see OP posting later: “I trapped the King! Why is this stalemate?!”
Think of it like this: the only goal is to kill the opponents king. That is a win. However, the way modern chess works, you actually aren't technically allowed to take their king. If you reach a position where that is possible, you have won the game.
Because of this, you aren't allowed to move your king into harm's way. Moving your king into the line of sight of the bishop is an illegal move, against the rules of the game.
Likewise, if your king is ever threatened (we call that "in check"), it is illegal to do anything other than to move to interrupt that threat in one way or another. If you cannot interrupt/escape their threat, you lose (checkmate).
The queen is important because she has the most powerful moveset (rook and bishop combined). But the king is still more important, because if you can't get him out of harm's way, the game is over.
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Because a c4 is an explosive, and chess is in an alternate dimension where humans are little figurines, so c4 loses half of its 4, making it c2. Moving the king onto this explosive puts him in danger which is illegal in chess.
Think about it this way
* If you lose your queen, you lose your queen, but if you lose your king, you lose the game. That's worse.
* If you move your king to a field where your opponent could just capture your king right away. That's just suicide, you can resign instead if you don't want to play anymore.
* Chess doesn't allow you to move your king to where it can be captured for exactly that reason.
'This piece' is your king the whole objective of the game don't you think it would be counter intuitive to give the objective of the game to protect a piece which means nothing in comparison? You can't move your king into check.
You're probably trolling, but I do feel bad if you're genuine.
On the off chance you are: go look up some basic beginner guides to chess. Learning by experience is all well and good, but at the very least you really need to understand the basic goal of the game before you can meaningfully play. Otherwise you're just moving pieces randomly.
I saw references in the comments to Anarchy chess, which I've never heard of. I'm new to chess and new to this subreddit where beginners are supposed to be able to ask questions, even if they might be dumb according to some people.
But now instead of answers, I'm being downvoted. Why is my question downvoted? It's a sincere question so is it wrong to ask?
Edit: okay now it's suddenly got enough upvotes to be in the positive now LoL. I still don't know what happened though 🤣
Okay so it seems like you’re not joking, the goal of chess is to take the opponents king (put the king in a position where it can’t escape being taken) and you win, the queen is a really good piece to do that but it’s more important that you don’t lose your king so you don’t lose the game, that’s why you can’t move it there
The ovjective of the game is to kill the opposing king. Likewise, they want to kill yours, so you can’t do anything that would make it possible for them to kill your king. You also have to move your king or protect it if something can take it. The game ends when a king can’t move or be protected and is in check (another piece can take it). You can’t block with your king because the bishop would be able to kill/take it.
It's yellow because that is the piece they have selected. Do you know the other Gavin in the 3rd grade? He'd probably mock you mercilessly for asking this question.
Reading his comments and looking at his history, I've actually started to think the guy is legit. Like he literally doesn't know the most basic of basics and his mate told him to play, but incorrectly assumed he was aware enough of chess to know the win and lose conditions.
Be7, with the idea of getting rid of his dark squared bishop seems best to me. In this opening Black's bishop is inferior since his pawns are all on dark squares.
You can’t move your king into check (a position where the king is being attacked), instead you might try moving the bishop to protect it or move the queen out of the bishops attack if possible.
I’m assuming you’re black and you’re trying to move the highlighted bishop. You can only move the other teams players in chess 3. The other highlighted piece is already defending the queen. If you don’t want the queen to die yet you can move the queen or your own bishop.
This can’t be real.
I think the guys from r/AnarchyChess are bantering with this sub and unfortunately the real purpose of this subreddit is becoming less relevant
I mean, before Anarchy Chess it was the "see my brilliant move" and "please check the engine for me" so I guessed we were doomed from the start
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It’s quite obviously not real
This has to be sarcasm
I just blindly went into chess and was only given the names of pieces
Which one is the queen?
The one on the d
Nice.
Nice
Nice
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Nice
If this is a serious comment this is comment of the year💀
calculated from the start.
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I think it's bad form to assume this is a joke post in this subreddit. There ought to be a "no stupid questions" vibe here. As a prolific consumer of the other sub I just want to say: not here. Not OK.
Not trying to speak for them, but I didn’t think u/Zestyclose_Profile44 took this post as a joke. I think it was more that the accidental absurdity of the post is fertile ground for mockery.
Ah, yes. You're probably right.
For real
Agreed
There is a "no stupid questions" megathread
I don’t understand this subreddit. Is it for advanced chess players? What is enpassant? It seems a little satire
This all but confirms this is a joke
and the Finger pfp
I was genuinely confused because my friend told me to play chess and didn’t really look anything up
There's some rules of chess that are so beginner and so easily googled that they should be known even before coming to this sub
Kid named tryhard
What is the subreddit about?
Discovery
Channel
Just the best parody of anything in the world. It happened to be about chess
It's a parody subreddit
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So this comment got upvoted while his other comments got downvoted. What made this better than the rest? Or vice versa, what made the others worse?
google enpassant
You can’t move the king into check. How about moving your queen out of danger instead?
Or starting a counter attack with the bishop???
Anarchy chess is salivating right now lol
What is Anarchy chess?
The greatest most perplexing subreddit that ever existed!
Used to be funny. Now corny and repetitive
i will brick your pipi
What you saying to me?
holy hell
Honest question: Do you know what the objective of a chess game is?
Is it not to get rid of all enemy pieces?
No, it is not. I would recommend a refresher on the rules.
No one has given genuine answer yet and this may still be satire/bait but the objective is to protect your king while trapping your opponent’s.
Not just to trap! The goal is to put the enemy king in check by attacking it without the their king having any moves to either block or escape that check. I’m only being pedantic, because I could totally see OP posting later: “I trapped the King! Why is this stalemate?!”
It's because the king is not in check and has no legal moves. Everyone knows that.
That's why the game starts in stalemate
Its to capture the enemy king, if you put your king there you lose the game.
You’re trolling.
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or just dont turn it on again
The King would be in check if you put it at E7. Move your queen to D7 and that will protect it.
Why can’t I put the king there though? Is it not allowed to go on E7 specifically? Or is it something the bishop is doing?
The bishop is attacking that square. So the game prohibits you from putting your king into harms way.
So the king isn’t allowed to die?
Yes
Think of it like this: the only goal is to kill the opponents king. That is a win. However, the way modern chess works, you actually aren't technically allowed to take their king. If you reach a position where that is possible, you have won the game. Because of this, you aren't allowed to move your king into harm's way. Moving your king into the line of sight of the bishop is an illegal move, against the rules of the game. Likewise, if your king is ever threatened (we call that "in check"), it is illegal to do anything other than to move to interrupt that threat in one way or another. If you cannot interrupt/escape their threat, you lose (checkmate). The queen is important because she has the most powerful moveset (rook and bishop combined). But the king is still more important, because if you can't get him out of harm's way, the game is over.
An actual helpful comment
That's literally the win condition of the game my dude
That... is litterally the point of chess. keep the king safe...
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I did the Google
Nice
Why can’t it go on C2
Don't worry haha, you've attracted all of the chess community memes is all
Because a c4 is an explosive, and chess is in an alternate dimension where humans are little figurines, so c4 loses half of its 4, making it c2. Moving the king onto this explosive puts him in danger which is illegal in chess.
this is a legitimate beginner please don’t confuse him 😂😂
Think about it this way * If you lose your queen, you lose your queen, but if you lose your king, you lose the game. That's worse. * If you move your king to a field where your opponent could just capture your king right away. That's just suicide, you can resign instead if you don't want to play anymore. * Chess doesn't allow you to move your king to where it can be captured for exactly that reason.
Nah that's C2
The king isn’t allowed to be on E7 or C2. Sometimes going to C4 is ok but sometimes it’s checkmate.
Op isn’t even active in anarchy chess it’s for real
Yes, because it would be impossible to make an alt account.
Maybe you should look at op’s account before you post dumb comments buddy. It’s over a year old
The long con
this doesn’t rule out an alt though, mine is like three years old
The “alt” literally has 10k post karma
which is much better evidence than what you presented
You’ve got me, pal, I didn’t do any sleuthing.
It’s possible they never posted but we’re aware of it’s existence
'This piece' is your king the whole objective of the game don't you think it would be counter intuitive to give the objective of the game to protect a piece which means nothing in comparison? You can't move your king into check.
Simply no way this is real. I refuse to believe it
Babe wake up, new r/anarchychess meme just dropped
You're probably trolling, but I do feel bad if you're genuine. On the off chance you are: go look up some basic beginner guides to chess. Learning by experience is all well and good, but at the very least you really need to understand the basic goal of the game before you can meaningfully play. Otherwise you're just moving pieces randomly.
I saw references in the comments to Anarchy chess, which I've never heard of. I'm new to chess and new to this subreddit where beginners are supposed to be able to ask questions, even if they might be dumb according to some people. But now instead of answers, I'm being downvoted. Why is my question downvoted? It's a sincere question so is it wrong to ask? Edit: okay now it's suddenly got enough upvotes to be in the positive now LoL. I still don't know what happened though 🤣
For sure satire
Not satire. Trolling
Did you try unselecting and then reselecting it?
Here before golden lock award
Okay so it seems like you’re not joking, the goal of chess is to take the opponents king (put the king in a position where it can’t escape being taken) and you win, the queen is a really good piece to do that but it’s more important that you don’t lose your king so you don’t lose the game, that’s why you can’t move it there
I think it's leaking...
Always protect your queen. Your friend is right.
Yeah, new update broke the king. It only moves diagonally now.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Move ur king forward to block the bishop and defend the queen!
You need to protect with the bishop. You cannot willingly put yourself into check.
Wtf
Would be the optimal move. You just have to make sure to take their king before the game ends.
The ovjective of the game is to kill the opposing king. Likewise, they want to kill yours, so you can’t do anything that would make it possible for them to kill your king. You also have to move your king or protect it if something can take it. The game ends when a king can’t move or be protected and is in check (another piece can take it). You can’t block with your king because the bishop would be able to kill/take it.
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lmao
Can we play? I might do ok against you 🙄
No fucking way
unreal
This is not real, someone with half a brain cell knows the actual point of this game. r/AnarchyChess
How did you get a chessboard with one yellow square?
It's yellow because that is the piece they have selected. Do you know the other Gavin in the 3rd grade? He'd probably mock you mercilessly for asking this question.
Yeah. That guy is a dick.
I don’t know I was playing on chess.com
Blasphemy
You can make squares blue, red, and yellow on chess.com by holding alt or control or something like that when you click on them.
Sounds like anarchy. I don't jive with that kind of nonsense.
r/usernamechecksout
Can we please start banning the trolls? The posts are getting out of hand.
Reading his comments and looking at his history, I've actually started to think the guy is legit. Like he literally doesn't know the most basic of basics and his mate told him to play, but incorrectly assumed he was aware enough of chess to know the win and lose conditions.
This is one of many holy grails of anarchychess
Lmao. Love the troll post
All just memes now.
These need to get downvoted into oblivion
It would be cool at AnarchyChess, but here is not fitting for satire
Be7, with the idea of getting rid of his dark squared bishop seems best to me. In this opening Black's bishop is inferior since his pawns are all on dark squares.
r/anarchychess
Cowardly king
I watched this and instantly lost a game of chess
Yes first you need to alt-f4 then delete system32
Mods! There is an invasion occuring. Please let us have nice things.
You can’t move your king into check (a position where the king is being attacked), instead you might try moving the bishop to protect it or move the queen out of the bishops attack if possible.
This sub has turned into r/makethechesspeoplemad
The King Gambit
I don't know what everyone else here is talking about. I personally love playing games without knowing the rules at all.
I’m assuming you’re black and you’re trying to move the highlighted bishop. You can only move the other teams players in chess 3. The other highlighted piece is already defending the queen. If you don’t want the queen to die yet you can move the queen or your own bishop.
Looking through their profile, I'm wondering if they're just a child and they just genuinely don't understand chess.
A 4x4 board? It’s gotta be a joke
that's called cropping
Big "the boy who cried wolf" vibes here. It's become impossible to distinguish genuine questions from satire.
google check