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minus-squareFleetingTit@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·3 years agoBlack can’t move either way, so it’s check mate.
minus-squarebobby_hill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 years agoIf black can’t move and they’re not in check, it’s not checkmate; it’s stalemate. But OP clarified that the white piece is a queen and not a king, and that’s what makes it checkmate, since she is checking the king.
minus-squareFleetingTit@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoOh well, I have been playing this game all wrong then.
Black can’t move either way, so it’s check mate.
If black can’t move and they’re not in check, it’s not checkmate; it’s stalemate. But OP clarified that the white piece is a queen and not a king, and that’s what makes it checkmate, since she is checking the king.
Oh well, I have been playing this game all wrong then.