If you are in Check
You can not do anything until you are out of check.
Since I'm usually wrong I probably misunderstood your thread header, but otherwise that is the rule.
can I put my opponent in checkmate in the move following his putting me in check?
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You can checkmate your opponent on your turn even if you are currently in check. All that is required is that your move reaches a checkmate position while simultaneously relieving the check on your king.
key words " relieving the check on your king"
Jan 1, 2016
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#5
Yes, it's possible to answer a check with a checkmate. It's very rare tho and is usually only seen in composed problems.
Jan 1, 2016
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#6
Consider it this way. Although the end of the game is defined as checkmate, the true *goal* of the game is to capture the King. So if you are in check, and you answer by delivering checkmate, he answers by capturing your King--game over. So unless you remove your check, you lose the game (hence checkmate signaling the end of the game).
simplest position
Or maybe something of a more familiar nature - discovered check
Apr 28, 2023
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#8
I think it's about who's king is off the board first. Let's say you put a king in check then your opponent lays checkmate. But since theoretically you didn't get your king to safety you would take your opponent's king then your opponent would take your king. Also I think if you are in check you are required to either block or move the king and I think if the block you make does checkmate then it is legal.
Wfloh put simply if the move you make To get out of check also checkmates them then you're fine.
I got checkmate but it said stalemate??? Is it because one of my opponent's moves could have put me in check???
May 29, 2023
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#11
PixelGunTowerDefense wrote:
I got checkmate but it said stalemate??? Is it because one of my opponent's moves could have put me in check???
If it says stalemate, then your opponent is not in check, it's their move, and they have no legal moves.
Help! He's calling it either a draw or a stalemate. I say I won!