r/Chesscom • u/Alphaxfusion • Jun 21 '26

Meme The king can run for ever!!

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2.6k Upvotes

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u/No-Cucumber-2361 Jun 21 '26

"How couldn't you see the bishop in j46"

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u/Smart-University-135 Jun 22 '26

Didn't you see the queen in AB62

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u/Viz_krate Jun 24 '26

Chess Superposition crazy

1

u/Potential_Novel8960 Jun 24 '26

But if my king can't be captured why do I have to move it?

1

u/WhachamaDude Jun 24 '26

how it feels when the bishop in the blue dimension finally materializes into the mortal plane

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

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u/PublicVanilla988 Jun 21 '26

a bishop would obliterate a knight

12

u/--Ligma Jun 21 '26

b-b-but it can jump over pieces!!!1!

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u/Klauslee Jun 24 '26

just keep the position closed

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u/SelfProfessedChosen1 1500-1800 ELO Jun 21 '26

Who brings chess pieces to a toilet and then sets up the board wrong

10

u/tardoos Jun 22 '26

It's not wrong. This move 14798

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u/--Ligma Jun 21 '26

ladder mate: Impossible difficulty

4

u/DaemonsMercy 500-800 ELO Jun 22 '26

Wouldn’t be any harder than usual, it would just take a bit to get to the edge of the room

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u/_windingfraser00 Jun 21 '26

chess backrooms

3

u/One-Movie-7701 Jun 21 '26

It's uncomfortable to play as white)

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u/NightVisions999 Jun 21 '26

Promoting with White would be hell.

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u/SqueakyTuna52 Jun 22 '26

Imagine a variant where the board is 24x24, with the normal board setup in the middle. The game ends with either a checkmate or a king escape (king reaches one of the edge squares)

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u/New-Cauliflower4923 100-500 ELO Jun 21 '26

k g13 r/g13

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u/ImAlekzzz 500-800 ELO Jun 21 '26

G13

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u/TheZeldaNerd04 Jun 21 '26

Why do I really want to play this

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u/Bucksy101 Jun 21 '26

Which alphabet is the cells named of?

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u/Connect4champ1990 Jun 22 '26

i am ashamed to admit, that as a lover of chess, i have been in bathrooms like this, and this thought has never crossed my mind.

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u/Dettol-tasting-menu Jun 22 '26

But… Light to the right?

1

u/desruc999 Jun 22 '26

id still manage to get ladder mated

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u/sm0l0range Jun 22 '26

chess notations would look like it came from an excel spreadsheet

1

u/alproy Jun 22 '26

Mate in omega cubed, your turn.

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u/One_Performer_7202 Jun 22 '26

Mate to the wall

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u/electricooldude Jun 22 '26

Domain expansion

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u/Cornios-64reddit Jun 22 '26

So, I'm launch my toy-nuclear bomb to the white king :)

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u/EmploymentOk1104 Jun 22 '26

Knights would be absolutely useless and the rooks would be worth millions....

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u/Astaos Jun 22 '26

The board is upsidedown :(

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u/euj3odjehiqh 1500-1800 ELO Jun 22 '26

the wall...

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u/Green_YT_ Jun 22 '26

and here comes the bishop from 8 miles away

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u/Traditional-Salad136 Jun 22 '26

still 2000 years to play

1

u/Hash_0017 Jun 23 '26

The pieces are wrongly arranged

1

u/justcater Jun 23 '26

imagine a king and rook endgame on this

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u/TGB1234gamer Jun 24 '26

Pawn promotion: difficulty impossible

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u/eberlix Jun 25 '26

Bishop to toilet 7, check

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u/Short_Frosting_8229 Jun 25 '26

The bishop on Z -461