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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]Tony is correct in that to approximated FIDE rules, when an illegal move is made in Game Courier that piece should be considered as 'touched' and would have to be moved, if it could make a legal move. A Game Courier that does not allow illegal moves is actually more kind than is FIDE. For example, in one of my face-to-face over-the-board games I placed a player's King in 'Check.' I announced check (but in official USCF tournament games such an announcement is not required and often not made). My opponent did not hear me and he then moved his Queen (but left his King in check.) Under the 'touch rule' he still had to move his Queen, if possible. So in this case he had to block the check with his Queen... and he lost his Queen as a result. A very harsh payment.
Question; If player one is placed into check, and has possible moves to escape mate, CAN PLAYER ONE LEAVE HIS KING IN CHECK IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO MATE PLAYER TWO'S KING IN ONE MOVE?
The short answer, Mike, is NO! You cannot make a move which leaves your King in check.
Informative , provocative and quite interesting and helpful!!
These are the best chess rules ever. I think I'll use them for my chess club.
A speed game is being played. There is no arbiter on hand to watch the clocks. One player checkmates the other. The other player immediately says 'You're out of time and were before you 'mated me'. Does the ckeckmate stand? Of course if the second player said 'you're out of time before he was mated,the 'mate would not stand.
Greg Strong wrote on Mon, Jul 25, 2005 09:24 PM UTC:Ick. I cannot give an official answer, but I would ask this question: If the player being mated was watching the clock, and saw that the flag had fallen before mate was declared, then why did he not *immediately* say 'time up, you lose'? Or, if he did not see that the flag had fallen before mate was declared, how could he possibly say with any certainty that the flag had fallen before the mate was declared?!? My logical assessment of the situation would be that the mate should stand. But, I am not qualified to make an official ruling.
John Jackson's question can be answered by considering how you actually make a complete move in a game of chess. [1] Move a piece to another square. [2] Remove your hand from the piece. [3] Using the same hand, press the chess clock. A 'fallen flag' is evidence that you have failed to complete your move in time. Remember, there is no legal distinction between being one second over the time limit and being one hour over the time limit. Attempting to add special rules like: 'When you checkmate your opponent, you do not have to press the clock' will make a complicated mess of things.
Very informative, and i really learn a lot, i love to play chess, i follow rules and regulation but some of my friends didnt notice their illegal moves so we fight, when we surf over the net, we found this site and right now, we are playing fair and square... THANKS,
I recently played a game of chess in which the two kings were two spaces
away from each other. The black king tried to move so that there was only
one space between it and the white king. I seem to remember once when I
was playing that the white king was forced to move away. However, I cannot
find this ruling in any of the websites that I have looked at.
If anyone could find out what the offical ruling for this situation is I would greatly appreciate an e-mail explaining the details, or stating that this was a made up rule. my e-mail address is luciousveyl@gmail.com
Lucious: In your example, after Black's move, his king is attacked by White's king. Black's move is therefore illegal (see Article 9.1).
too much information for a simple person learning to play chess for the first time. i recomend to just stick to general information
I am wondering if the scoring of a stale mate differs from a draw? I don't believe it does, but would like to confirm.
Love it!!!
i'm a recreational player, so i don't usually use a clock. what are the 'normal' times and number of moves for a regular match?
Question: recently, I played a game where my oppponent claimed a stalemate because he had only a bare king against my King Queen & 2 pawns. He said if I was unable to mate in 15 moves it was a stalemate. I've never heard of this - having to mate a bare king in 15 moves. Is there such a rule, even in tournaments or speed chess or some variant? BTW, excellent site & info.
This person may be confusing fifteen with fifty, as well as further garbling the fifty move rule. This rule says that a player may claim a draw if fifty moves have passed without either player checking a King or capturing a piece.
http://www.chessvariants.org/d.chess/faq.html
is the page for frequently asked questions concerning the rules of chess. Stalemate is one way to draw a game, the 50 moves rule (not 15) is another. Sometimes the 50 moves count starts anew - there is a second page covering more questions on the 50 moves rule.
Some guy I was playing said that if a rook gets to the opposite side of the board it is turned into a queen therefore he put me in checkmate is this a rule or is he getting mixed up with a pawn? Thank you
He is getting it mixed up with a Pawn. Rooks do not promote to anything at all in Chess.
Hi, I'd like to settle an arguement I've have with my dad at chess. I mistakenly said 'checkmate' when it was actually 'check', there was one sqaure to which he could move his king. Does this forfit the game, he recons that it gives him a win since I declared the wrong term? I've looked at many rule books, but can find anything yet. Excellent website by the way! Thanks.
Calling, 'check' is not required. Making a mistake and saying 'checkmate' does not forfeit the game.
What happens when player A moves his King into a position where Player B can then capture him... therefore no one has said Check. Can player B then go ahead a capture Player A's King and win?
No, player B may not capture player A's King. Player A has made an illegal move and must take it back.
It is a player's responsibility to point out his opponent's flag-fall.
White's flag has fallen but black does not notice. Black's flag falls and white points it out. With best play the position is drawn but both players have mating material (e.g. K,R vs K,B,P). No arbiter is present, but spectators know which flag fell first.
Question: what should the result be?
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