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minus-square@FleetingTit@feddit.delinkfedilink-3•1 year agoBlack can’t move either way, so it’s check mate.
minus-square@bobby_hill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•1 year 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-square@FleetingTit@feddit.delinkfedilink3•1 year 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.