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According to the 2017 version of the Laws of Chess, rule 11.10 says:
Unless the regulations of an event specify otherwise, a player may
appeal against any decision of the arbiter, even if the player has
signed the scoresheet (see Article 8.7).
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To get out of check, the king needs to move to a square that isn't attacked by any opposing pieces, or you need to capture/block attacking pieces such that the king is no longer under attack on its current square.
Since the queen is attacking the king and both of the unblocked squares it can move to, white needs to capture the queen to get out of check here. ...
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The official procedure to castle is (Schiller 2003:19–20 from Wikipedia):
first move the king with one hand and then move the rook with the same hand.
By using both hands the player can save time, as would by as using different hands for moving (like promoting a pawn to queen) or moving with a hand and hitting the clock with the other.
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Dummy Pawns
Today, it is little known that for forty years at the height of the British Empire, dummy pawns were the scourge of tournament play, and even grandmasters ran scared. (Possible exaggeration here.)
The heresy raged from 1862-1904. See Eminent Victorian Chess Players: Ten Biographies by Tim Harding. However, the origins of the dummy pawn goes back ...
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Disclaimer: this is probably not the answer, but it makes for interesting thinking.
This reminds me of a string bet in poker. String bets are illegal, because they can be used to gain information – “I’ll see your $5”… < watches opponent’s face> "… and raise you $20”.
By moving the king first, you are making what would otherwise be ...
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This sort of thing is what the Preface of the Laws of Chess is for:
PREFACE
The Laws of Chess cannot cover all possible situations that may arise
during a game, nor can they regulate all administrative questions.
Where cases are not precisely regulated by an Article of the Laws, it
should be possible to reach a correct decision by studying ...
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The official FIDE laws of chess do not know about a queen check. Announcing a "queen check“ might even be considered a case of "to distract or annoy the opponent“ (11.5). Even announcing a "king check“ is not recommended.
That’s for tournament chess. In informal games, it is not unusual in some groups to announce a check and a "queen ...
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You are right, this is nonsense. From the FIDE laws of chess, article 5:
The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his king is not in check. The game is said to end in ‘stalemate’.
If capturing en passant is possible, it is a legal move so if it is the only option, Black is required to play the move. (Or not to move at all and lose ...
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From my experience (small to medium central European Opens), offering a handshake without words is a commonly accepted form of resignation.
The handshake is not part of any official rules. However, there is some reasoning behind it:
You shake hands after the game ended (just as you do before it starts). So you only start extending your hand once that end ...
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Executive summary:
Black actually can castle, but if he does castle he will lose the knight and the game (due to material loss).
Detailed answer:
Black and White have equal material.
The black knight is protected by two pieces: the king and the queen.
The black knight is attacked by two pieces: the queen and rook.
If the king castles, the knight will ...
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I think the reason becomes more apparent when you consider why the rule is in place for OTB games - an opponent constantly moving their hands around the board and moving the pieces around can be very distracting while the other player is likely still trying to concentrate on the position.
By contrast, in online chess both players are using their own ...
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Edward Winter cites Owen J. Clarkin (Ottawa, Canada) who quotes from The Modern Chess Instructor by W. Steinitz (New York, 1889) which in turn cites this example from Lowenthal's Book of the London Chess Congress, 1862:
[Title "Dummy pawn motivation"]
[fen "r/1Pp5/2P3p1/8/6pb/4p1kB/4P1p1/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[StartFlipped "0"]
1....
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In my thread on the English Chess Forum, which seemed to make the world go crazy on the subject, I gave all the major and minor events in the history of the “legal” triple check that my extensive research has uncovered. This loophole was even talked about recently in Episode 20 of "The Chess Pit" at the 12:13 mark. Here is all information in ...
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Really interesting question. I think the following shows that such a situation is sort of possible, depending on how you define the pin.
[StartFlipped "0"]
[FEN "7k/4p3/8/2KP3r/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
1... e5 2. dxe6?! {Illegal move!}
Now, 2. dxe6 is illegal. The check would go from being stopped by both pawns, to being stopped by neither.
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It is not checkmate if the other player has any legal move that gets them out of check. Capturing the checking piece is one such way; whether the capture is en passant or not is irrelevant for the purpose of this question.
In this case, an en passant capture is the only legal move. If the other player didn't know the en passant rule, I suppose they might ...
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First of all I would consider the Preface:
The Laws of Chess cannot cover all possible situations that may arise
during a game, nor can they regulate all administrative questions.
Where cases are not precisely regulated by an Article of the Laws, it
should be possible to reach a correct decision by studying analogous
situations which are regulated ...
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In the final position where white's only legal move is Kxg8 leaving bare kings the position is a draw if white's flag falls before playing the move. The FIDE Laws of Chess are quite explicit:
6.9 Except where one of Articles 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3 applies, if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game ...
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I know in general the rules say the hand you move your piece with has to be the one that hits the clock. If you castled with two hands which one would you use to hit the clock? This might be part of the reason for the rule saying you can only castle with 1 hand.
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I am not an arbiter, but here's what the rules say:
Rule 4.3 (emphasis added)
if the player having the move touches on the chessboard, with the intention of moving or capturing
I think it should be clear to any reasonable person that picking up a piece that was knocked down by a spectator does not imply intent to move.
Perhaps the arbiter went with an ...
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No, this is not possible.
for example move the piece, don't press the clock and then resign?
In particular, that loophole is explicitly covered by the rules:
6.2.1 During the game each player, having made his move on the chessboard, shall stop his own clock and start his opponent’s clock (that is to say, he shall press his clock). This “completes” the ...
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According to the 2018 FIDE Laws of Chess (emphasis mine):
4.2.1 Only the player having the move may adjust one or more pieces on their squares,
provided that he first expresses his intention (for example by saying “j’adoube” or “I
adjust”).
4.2.2 Any other physical contact with a piece, except for clearly accidental contact, shall be considered ...
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It's wrong because the rules say so:
2.1 The chessboard is composed of an 8 x 8 grid of 64 equal squares alternately light (the ‘white’ squares) and dark (the ‘black’ squares).
The chessboard is placed between the players in such a way that the near corner square to the right of the player is white.
Of course, those rules are based on what has been common ...
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Chess rules are all about sequence. If you use two hands, you don't know which happened first. So you always use one hand. First, you make your move, then you hit the clock.
As others have pointed out, the rook move alone could be one or two moves. Maybe, you were just moving your rook, maybe you were castling. The King move, however, does determine ...
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I agree that it would break the FIDE rules against note taking, but this is not a FIDE tournament; it is online blitz on Lichess, so FIDE rules need not apply. You'd have to look at the Lichess terms of service instead. They say
Cheating. We define this as using any external assistance to strengthen your knowledge and, or, calculation ability to gain ...
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No.
Some people think it is polite to say 'gardez' to alert a player that the Q can be taken.
But no rule says you have to say check nor gardez and in serious games with good players it is not done.
This gardez for Qs is just a very informal rule amongst some low level players that I have not seen in actual use for 60 years but have read about as being more ...
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Draw with insufficient material is covered in article 9.6:
The game is drawn when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves, even with the most unskilled play.
With a given material, it is possible to construct a checkmate (assuming your cooperation or horrible blunders), so it is not a draw.
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So I grab a rook instead. Did I break a rule?
No, the FIDE Laws of Chess are very clear. The choice of piece is not decided until it touches the promotion square.
In so far as touch move applies to promotion the key is that the promotion must be performed with one hand. That is the same hand must be used to remove the pawn from the board (it does not have ...
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What rules (if any) cover a situation like this?
3.10.2 of the FIDE Laws of Chess defines when a move is illegal -
3.10.2 A move is illegal when it fails to meet the relevant requirements of Articles 3.1 – 3.9
Articles 3.1 - 3.9 basically describe the moves of the pieces. Inarkiev's move was illegal because it breached 3.9.2 -
3.9.2 No piece can be ...
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Worst-case scenario:
Upgraded all your pawns to knights
Your king is at Ka8
Your knights surround your king, so at Nb8, Na7 and Nb7
Opposition knight is at Nc7# - checkmate!
So it is indeed possible to lose, thus not a draw.
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Hovering your hand over the pieces does not violate the touch-move rule, but it is bad etiquette and arguably violates the rule against annoying your opponent ("It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever.", say the FIDE Laws of Chess, §11.5 in the 2018 edition.)
Here's the explanation given in Chess for Dummies:
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