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[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 217 points 2 weeks ago (48 children)

Queen moves into a space that stops king from moving as you cannot move into a check. It's a forced draw.

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Huh? I thought having no valid moves that wouldn't lead to the king's death was a loss. How DO you lose then?

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

Have to put him in check, while also preventing him from moving into another spot that could also put him into check.

This would likely have been a stalemate anyway.

Edit: the bishop's existence didn't even register to me when I made this comment. More pieces are better, and yes, King and Queen are sufficient to mate. However, the fewer the pieces you have, the lower your chances of success.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This would likely have been a stalemate anyway.

How come? I'm not very good at chess personally but I was under the impression that queen-bishop-king was generally sufficient to force a mate.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Somehow I didn't even register the existence of the bishop. It's possible to mate with just king and queen, but more pieces the better.

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