![]() ![]() If we see that the king is going to be captured on the next turn, then the game is over.Īnother way to think of it is: You can’t make a move that would allow your king to be captured on the next move. In real chess we end the game one move early. White doesn’t get another turn to move the bishop. The white king captures the queen… then the rook moves down and captures the white king! Game over! It doesn’t matter that the black king has been exposed to the bishop, because after capturing the king the game is over. Let’s pretend though, that we DO get to capture the king, and when a king is captured the game is over. The player with the white pieces always moves first. Find Out Who Makes The First Move In Chess. Regardless of which side, the king always moves only two squares when castling. When we see that it’s inevitable the game is declared over. Castling to the other side, through where the queen sat, is called castling ' queenside '. In chess, we don’t go through the motions of actually capturing the king. A game of chess is over when there’s a checkmate, but what is checkmate? Checkmate is when no matter what piece a player moves, their king will be captured on the next move. You might think: ‘but, then black can’t move the rook either, that would put his king in check!’ but, black doesn’t need to move the rook to put the white king in check, the white king in this example would be moving *into the path of the rook* and putting himself in check! (against the rules!) The white king can’t capture the queen because you cannot move your king into check, or move a piece that would put your king into check. Since the rook is pinned (if the rook moves, the black king will be in check from the bishop) why can’t the white king capture the queen? But actually, this is checkmate! What is going on here? At first, it might seem like the white king can capture the queen because the black rook is pinned by the bishop. Checkmate with a pinned piece? What's going on?
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