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The FIDE Laws Of Chess. The official rules of Chess from the World Chess Federation.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Brian wrote on Fri, May 14, 2004 09:31 AM UTC:Is there a such thing as a 11 move stale mate in either tournament or casual play chess?
Brian, 11 move stale mate, only in the school of hard knocks. Sounds like someone is giving you a lesson in street chess. Ignore it! -Pete
OK, newbies here - Opponent one moves a piece putting opponent 2's king in check. However, opponent 2 does not remove the check on his next turn, but puts opponent 1's king in checkmate. Is this a win for opp 2 or did he commit an illegal move by leaving his king in check? Please help guys, I feel marital disharmony is imminent!
You cannot leave your King in check. This is covered in Article 9. Opponent 2 has commited an illegal move by failing to remove the check on his/her King. The move should be retracted and replayed.
Miguel Espinoza wrote on Thu, May 27, 2004 04:15 AM UTC:What happens if a player leaves the room to his chamber???, for example when Kasparov went to his room in the last Linares tournament, without telling the referee. please answer to purefan@yahoo.com thanks
Okay straight to the point - Concerning a pawn, on its first move from the
starting position, can it 'take' another piece? I always thought you
could.
Matthew Paul wrote on Fri, Jun 4, 2004 09:57 PM UTC:In response to firelightdown's question, a pawn can capture on it's first move by moving one square diagonally like normal.
Also, a pawn can capture by rule of enpassant on its' first move.
A pawn can make a normal diagonal capture on its first move but it can't capture en passant on its first move -- this is not a legal restriction, but due to the fact that a pawn on its strating square is not in the correct position to make an ep capture.
Thx Mike, I'm giving out bad advice. My appologies for the inconvience of wrong instructions on the pawn play. Pete
Justin wrote on Fri, Nov 19, 2004 12:37 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Really informative
I am having a chess tournament (of sorts) for 3rd thru 6th grade at school. I have 18 kids involved so far and I have used your site as a guide to help them learn the game. Do you have any suggestions on what rules to use or leave out until they better understand the game?
Anonymous wrote on Thu, Dec 30, 2004 06:04 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★sannidhi wrote on Thu, Dec 30, 2004 06:45 AM UTC:Good ★★★★informative.
What would you do when the pawn goes to the other side of the board? replace it with the queen?
Very good! Once the pawn goes to the other side of the board, you have to promote it to any other piece you want besides king and pawn. People always promote it to another queen because of its flexibility and power.
what do you do when you get your pawn to the other side get back your queen but you queen gets put in a position to be killed. What do you do??
Well, Tim, you get to watch your Queen die again. ;-)
What do you do when all you have is pawns and your king when they have everything but a knight and 3 pawns?
Great question....not onle this...there occur many situations where a king placed in the 'killing' range of the other king can cause a checkmate. Are those moves allowed.
No. See the answer to 'Can kings stand near each other?' in the Chess FAQ page at <a href='http://www.chessvariants.org/d.chess/faq.html'>http://www.chessvariants.org/d.chess/faq.html</a>
When a player lets go of his piece but doesn't hit the clock can he take the move back?
'When a player lets go of his piece but doesn't hit the clock can he take the move back?' The answer is 'No.' Also, if you touch a piece (that is yours) you must move it [if the move is legal] and if you touch your opponent's piece you likewise must capture it [if legal]. An exception is if you say 'Adjust' or say the French equivalent word. When the clock has not been hit, the move is still valid. Unfortunately the time loss is quite real and there is no obligation to point out that a person's clock is running.
Gary: Here's an odd question, related to Game Courier. Obviously, in FIDE Chess, few make illegal moves, unless it's a gross oversight. But, with Chess variants, illegal moves are not uncommon, say in Game Courier presets that are not rules enforced. Typically, illegal moves are just done over again. By tournament rules, though, the corrected move should be of the same piece, if possible, should it not? If one takes the initial move as equivalent to touching the piece? This possible confusion is a good argument for rules enforced presets in tournaments.
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