ragoo       04-01-2007, 01:42 am

...it is only when moving out of check that a king may move into check.

That's called checkmate. End of game.

breezysummerday       04-01-2007, 01:43 am

change your frequency

dinozoa       04-01-2007, 01:56 am

I think the idea is a king jumps like a knight when it moves diagonally, so it passes through two squares, ie up and left. I could be wrong, but I feel like I've read this somewhere.

dragonstaff       04-01-2007, 05:32 am

^ Could be.

Or is it to do with moving two squares when 'castling', ie changing places with your rook, so to speak. The King could conceivably pass through check in this case.

professor       04-01-2007, 11:30 am

This is a rather screwy splotch of text.

I halfway agree with Dragonstaff. I would agree three quarters of the way if it weren't for the explanation's stipulation that the king move into check only to be moving out of check. (You can't castle to get out of check.)

I'm thinking that this is a rotten wiki. I mean, come on, you can't move more than one piece during a turn on any move but a castle, right? Or am I missing some piece of long forgotten lore?

This is sad. I needed to look up a chess board on Google Images to gain proper reference points. I need to air out my inner nerd.

Dumbskull       04-01-2007, 12:24 pm

FYI Wikipedia is never a good source for info/research on anything.

steel       04-02-2007, 07:49 am

"Upon moving into check, the king may not move again for the rest of that turn. This prevents a cornered checked king from moving three or more spaces to escape into the open."

You know... Its been my limited chess experience that the King may only move one square in any direction on any given turn... Am I missing something here? They make a few references to making multiple moves in one turn??

i.e. the bit about, its ok if you move a piece putting your king in check, so long as he isn't in check at the end of your turn.

Is this some new form of multi-move chess these fuckin guys are talking about or do they mean, hey if you are holding onto your piece and haven't decided on a placement for it yet, but while figuring things out you happen to open your King up for attack, but technically haven't moved yet, then thats ok??

Jebus!

sidechain       04-02-2007, 10:34 am

Yep. I vote for crap and/or hacked Wiki. The only time the King can move more than one space is during the Castle, and you cannot Castle into, out of, or even through<.b> check. In fact, many people play that once you have been in check at all, the Castle is lost forever in that game, regardless of check situation. This is why some people will almost always check early in the game, typically with the bishop. I do that also, but not for that reason... it's a simple trap, and I will always sacrifice a bishop for a knight.

sidechain       04-02-2007, 10:35 am

Wow. Completely fuxored my closing tag there. Sorry.

dinozoa       04-02-2007, 02:33 pm

I like that your chess strategy is 'always sacrifice a bishop for a knight'. Sounds like a dangerous new threat to the international establishment.

freakbass       04-02-2007, 04:59 pm

that wikipedia post has either been hacked or the author is confused and referencing some of the ancient games from Persia/India which led to chess.

within the modern version of chess, you cannot move a king into check ever and you cannot castle to move out of check and you cannot castle period if you have been put into check at all during the game.

btw, a cool place to play online is: http://gameknot.com/

I am bunghole99 and will destroy all challengers

Infectionconnection       04-02-2007, 08:05 pm

i'll stick with Chutes & Ladders.

Dumbskull       04-02-2007, 08:22 pm

Chess is fun when it ends this way!

freakbass       04-08-2007, 01:36 am

whomever it was that challenged me:

It was fun destroying you... mostly because you started flaming me after only a few moves..

Also, who is sidechain and why woudl we be a good couple? Is he gay? is that the joke?

Seriously though, you are way too defensive in your playing. You went into a castle after like 4 moves. There is no reason for this. Castling can be a great strategy but only if the board offers it as a promising solution once the game gets flowing. There is no advantage to having your king over there at the beginning of the game. It can actually be an eaier sutuation to mate someone.

in summary, al_capwn, you are a faggot

SexNinja       04-08-2007, 08:01 am

haha

I know who that faggot was...

vasudeva       04-08-2007, 01:56 pm

Retitling journal entry to Freakbass Confuses Chess Know-how With Human Worth; Tries To Rub It In Everyone's Face Over and Over.

freakbass       04-08-2007, 05:20 pm

whatever dude. I'm only rubbing it in one person's face. and I'm far from an expert at Chess.

mundhra       04-08-2007, 09:39 pm

-1, offfuckingtopic (and gay)

freakbass       04-08-2007, 10:37 pm

that's ok with me

ever since your cheeseball book recos I thought you were a huge faggot

love,

FB

LORDKAHUNA       04-09-2007, 12:25 am

So you claim the literary high road as well faggot?

Are you not the same dude who begged Vas to gas the journal where you call out a fucking retarded ten year old or something? You have no right applying the fagtag you macrobiotic romance peddlar.

mundhra       04-09-2007, 10:11 am

oh, the drama!

i was going to suggest you start your own journal, but:

a) who cares. seriously.....
b) you'd just want to delete it

p.s. it's nice to know your opinion of my faggotry is based on book recommendations(!) rather than, say, drama queen hysteric stylings a la freakbass.

vasudeva       09-21-2007, 02:58 pm

I REVISITED MOUNT DOUCHE
SEPT 21, 2007

johnlenin       09-21-2007, 03:36 pm

mundhra       09-21-2007, 04:26 pm

haha, drama queen hysteric stylings a la freakbass.

this makes me feel awesome.

9-21-2007, i came, i saw, i lol'd (again).