The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agoThey're avid chess fansstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarebobby_hill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIf black can’t move and they’re not in check, it’s not checkmate; it’s stalemate. But OP clarified that the white piece is a queen and not a king, and that’s what makes it checkmate, since she is checking the king.
minus-squareFleetingTit@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoOh well, I have been playing this game all wrong then.
If black can’t move and they’re not in check, it’s not checkmate; it’s stalemate. But OP clarified that the white piece is a queen and not a king, and that’s what makes it checkmate, since she is checking the king.
Oh well, I have been playing this game all wrong then.