Placing Yourself in Check to Checkmate
Sort:
Since the next move is yours then you win by taking the king.
Mar 25, 2008
0
#3
The official ruling is that you cannot make a move which places your King in check - period. It doesn't matter what the move would do for you, it is an illegal move.
The answer is yes it is illegal to move a piece that blocks a check to ur king the piece is considered pinned to ur king until the king is moved or the threat is removed.and it is also illegal to move ur king into check.
Thanks for the quick answers everyone. The help is much appreciated.
so do u go back or what happens after
Apr 13, 2021
0
#7
Raqib862 wrote:
so do u go back or what happens after
ah, i see you have bumped a thread that could possibly be older than you
Apr 13, 2021
0
#8
krazeechess wrote:
Raqib862 wrote:
so do u go back or what happens after
ah, i see you have bumped a thread that could possibly be older than you
So do I.
We all have eyes.
Please see below. I am playing white and have just moved my Rook to b7. B7 is being protected by my Bishop on g2, which is protecting my King from the black Queen on g6. Black is in check and it's black's move. My opponent says the rule that he can't move himself into check is invalid here because my (white's) next move would be to take the rook with my bishop which would put me into check, and that he can take the rook and I can't take use my Bishop. I say my (white's) protection of b7 is valid. Which is correct please? I'm an experienced novice, so I don;t really know. Thank you!
Phil324 wrote:
Please see below. I am playing white and have just moved my Rook to b7. B7 is being protected by my Bishop on g2, which is protecting my King from the black Queen on g6. Black is in check and it's black's move. My opponent says the rule that he can't move himself into check is invalid here because my (white's) next move would be to take the rook with my bishop which would put me into check, and that he can take the rook and I can't take use my Bishop. I say my (white's) protection of b7 is valid. Which is correct please? I'm an experienced novice, so I don;t really know. Thank you!
Hey, your move is valid. The reason is that let's say they can capture your rook with the King, then according to the rule of chess, a checkmate is where no matter what a player does they would loose the king. So we CAN take the king with Bishop, and although our king would be exposed, they have lost the king, which means losing the game
Apr 24, 2021
0
#11
Your opponents logic is faulty...he is allowed to place his king in check but you are not? Anyway, the object of the game is not to capture the king so it's a moot point. You can never play a move which puts your king in check.
Apr 24, 2021
0
#12
Phil324: If the King would take the rook on b7 he would move into a check from the bishop on g2. That's not allowed. It doesn't matter that the bishop is pinned and can't move.
Thank you all for your input!
In a recent home game of chess an interesting situation came up. My opponent had the oportunity to place me in checkmate. However to do this she had to move a piece which caused her to be in check. My opinion was that this was not allowed under the rules. I have long held that you can not place yourself in check, either by moving into it, or by moving a piece that is blocking a check. The rules posted on this site were not fully clear on this. Am I correct in this assumption? Does it matter that she placed me in checkmate by doing the move? Any clarification would be most appreciated.