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Apr 13, 2017 at 12:48 history edited CommunityBot
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Jan 14, 2016 at 11:48 comment added peter the question is not about USCF but FIDE rules, so this answer is plain wrong.
May 15, 2012 at 22:14 comment added Andrew @Pep At least in USCF rules, taking the opponent king is explicitly interpreted as a claim, not a move. (excerpt of USCF blitz rules) This means that the "losing player" can never "recapture" the king because no move has been made - it is still the "winning" player's move. I don't think FIDE covers this situation because FIDE wants an arbiter per game who would stop the game if the king were captured. Consider this - after taking the king the only options are declare a win for the capturer, or say that taking the king is illegal and the game is lost by the capturer.
May 15, 2012 at 19:10 comment added Pep Where is stated in the rules that taking the opponent's King is a claim instead of a move? I'm not sure it is inferred from the quoted Article A.4.c. Please note that I'm not talking about etiquette but about enforceable rules. I can only infer from A.4.c that if after the first King capture the other King is also taken, then it would be a draw because no one can be mated without Kings. However, the original post was really about if claiming the illegal move by taking the King was a doomed (and losing) idea, because it is some sort of common practice.
May 15, 2012 at 18:53 history answered Andrew CC BY-SA 3.0