Source unknown, some sites assign it to Oppressive Silence comics by Ethan Vincent. But that website in the corner is shady
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Huh? I thought having no valid moves that wouldn't lead to the king's death was a loss. How DO you lose then?
That would be the case if the king was currently in check, but as he's currently on a safe space then it's stalemate
Have to put him in check, while also preventing him from moving into another spot that could also put him into check.
This would likely have been a stalemate anyway.
Edit: the bishop's existence didn't even register to me when I made this comment. More pieces are better, and yes, King and Queen are sufficient to mate. However, the fewer the pieces you have, the lower your chances of success.
King and queen is fully sufficient to checkmate
I said likely. I know it's sufficient, but it's not inevitable.
It is inevitable, there's no maybe about it
It's possible to stalemate, too.
Not if the player with the queen has any idea at all what they're doing. By your logic, it's also possible to lose your queen by making a stupid move.
Correct
It's been a long time since I played, but king+queen+bishop should be pretty achievable?
It is, king and queen is all you need
How come? I'm not very good at chess personally but I was under the impression that queen-bishop-king was generally sufficient to force a mate.
Somehow I didn't even register the existence of the bishop. It's possible to mate with just king and queen, but more pieces the better.