Chess as Presented in Code Geass

Although it IS an illegal move to put a king in check, this was purely symbolic.
Schneizel wanted to see if Lelouch would grab a victory that's handed to him for free by moving his king right in front of Lelouch's. However, Lelouch moves his king back because he thinks there's no honor in winning by the resigning of your opponent.

I'd have to agree with him, I would do the same (not that this situation would ever occur in real life).

Yeah i believe it was.. schneizel wants to undermine lelouch true identity... but lelouch in return wouldn't grab the victory thing.. cause its a trap.. rather he put jis king behind his pawn..another character trait of lelouch showing he relies so cowardly at the back of his subordinates.. just like on the movie it self..on the otherhand schneizel's move also represents his personality.. a person in authority showing no mercy in the face of his enemies and kind and considerate toward his subordinates..the ultimate opposite of lelouch... lelouch on the otherhand would so willingly sacrifice his pawns and minor pieces just to win the game or war... that shows their true characters.. im an avid fan of codegeass.. i know the story so much...infact thru codegeass i begun to study & learn and play chess..way before i hate it..but now im so addicted playing this so cool game.. all because of codegeass.. turning 4years already playing the game...yey!! ^_^

Hmm, a forum all about the chess moves I make? Interesting... lol jk I just named my account in honor of the chess prodigy; just thought I'd post here since ya'll like Code Geass too.

LELOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUCH!!

Yep that happened and he said checkmate, and then everyone thought Lelouch could simply capture the king and win, but it was too humiliating so he retreated his king. 

Anime is the reason I started chess. It's a lame reason I know... :p which is why chess bores me to death meow :3

I actually encountered a remarkably similar position in one of my own games recently.  The position arose from a Slav defense where black decided not to castle. I have included my rationale for the moves at the end of the puzzle. I believe it to be correct, but please let me know if you disagree. Enjoy!

note: the first move I have coded as "correct" in the puzzle could theoretically be played as the second move, but I have coded it this way for stylistic flair. just ask "What would Lelouch do?"

Just as much in chess, also in real life, if you lose your king you lose. If someone slashes at your face with a knife, you would use your hand to block it, pawns are there to be sacrificed if needed, expecting no losses is stupid.

The original reason I ended up here: how did Mao win here? It's their first game in Ep14., game ends after Mao(white) moves without a conclusion, but Lulu proclaims he lost. Screenshot I think I got all the pieces right. The best I could get as white was repeating checking the black king but unable to actually get it.

Lelouch doesn't play by the rules in his war against Britannia, so he's not in any position to object when Schneizel makes an "illegal" move in their game of chess.

Sorry for ressurrecting this thread but it is still top 1 on Google for some searches.

Of course Schneizel was testing Lelouch personality, that's a pretty obvious point, I think everybody got it. Still it's an illegal move that cannot happen. Everyone in the room would have said "Wtf is the prince doing? Is this authorized?" Even if he was testing Lelouch, that's a narrative lack of elegance and I'm convinced that an illegal move was not intended by Code Geas authors.

The game is about mating the king, not capturing it, I think they just didn't get that. What could have happened would be Schneizel putting intentionally himself in an obviously stupid position where Lelouch could mate him in next move, this would be way more elegant and would still serve the purpose of testing Lelouch.

That's a legendary anime, and an excellent scene where Schneizel tries to see behind Zero's mask through a chess move. That's brilliant and this show is easily in my top 3. But it's still inaccurate looking to the rules. (:

Okay but isn't 1...Ng4 faster? No need for the theatrics with allowing White to promote?

I actually came here because of this one scene. It did my head in and I needed a place where people felt the same so I could vent out my frustration lol. But what no one has actually mentioned is that when Prince Whatshisface puts his king in front of Lelouch’s king, there is actually a pawn right next to Lelouch’s king that could capture it instead. Just so frustrating.

How is this thread still alive?

Yoo...so people made the chess set from code geass. You can find it on ebay. But. White a1 square is 'white' instead of black..whyyy such a bummer

Just use the pieces on a different board 

This thread every couple years or so:

Well, I read a theory somewhere that the code-geass game is not classic chess, but a custom variation that creators made. That might explain why most of the moves makes sense but there are some illegal moves.

Very interesting! Don't know if I've ever heard that before. Maybe I should bug them on twitter and try to get them to release their variant.

When a code geass fan decides to play some chess, it's not too hard to come upon this post like I did just now lol. Funny that the last comment is quite recent too.