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Why can't you capture the King in chess when victory has been declared? (hexbear.net)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by RyanGosling@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I'm not talking about the technical rules of legal moves when your king is checked. I'm talking about when there's checkmate and the victor and the loser are set in stone. Why can't I capture the king at that point? I can understand why you can't do so with a resignation because your pieces likely aren't near the king.

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[โ€“] Dolores@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

ehhh i dont think sasanian iran was particularly "figurehead-y", at least any more than the 'normal' amount you get in monarchies.

unless prof was talking about abbassids and beyond, they did get freaky with it in medieval times between caliphs, sultans, shahs, and atabegs

[โ€“] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah like I said the dude was a bit of a quack. Interesting quack but a quack.