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Why doesn't anyone ever promote to king? Are we stupid? (sopuli.xyz)
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[โ€“] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Checking two kings at the same time is hard af. Practically a winning move

[โ€“] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Checkmate is when a king has no way to escape from a check.

  • US Chess Foundation

When A king

A double check is game over unless the piece checking both can be captured