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minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoThis is a legal move, it’s called a forfeit you knock over your own king and you lose, you don’t normally need the pawn but if you’re forfeiting anyway I don’t think it matters.
minus-squareArtyom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days ago They knocked over the queen, not the king The black king is in check, so it must be black’s turn or the game is already over due to off-screen pieces In the final panels you can see the lady who said the move was invalid was playing white Thr guy was playing black and moved white’s pieces because he already lost, justifying his move as an “overthrow of tyranny”.
This is a legal move, it’s called a forfeit you knock over your own king and you lose, you don’t normally need the pawn but if you’re forfeiting anyway I don’t think it matters.
Thr guy was playing black and moved white’s pieces because he already lost, justifying his move as an “overthrow of tyranny”.