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Chess (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by EfreetSK to c/comicstrips

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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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[–] chonglibloodsport 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The legitimacy was described above. The game is designed so that you can’t stop focusing even when you’re in a winning position. Players over the centuries have admired cleverness in the face of overwhelming odds. That’s what it means to turn a losing position into a draw.

For real life war analogies, think of the king escaping through a secret tunnel while his castle is under siege and all his soldiers dying.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The extra challenge stalemate adds can be interesting, I don't deny it.

It's just that if a player is in a position where they can't do anything beside suiciding their king, they're obviously not winning, and it seems a little bit unfair for the other player to consider the situation is equal and that noone can be designated as the winner.

[–] chonglibloodsport 5 points 2 days ago

I’m not sure why it should be considered unfair for a player with a winning position to allow his opponent to escape with a draw by stalemate due to the winning player’s carelessness.

The position where you have a king, queen, and bishop versus a king is totally winning and all it takes is patience and careful moves to win. The only way the lone king is getting a stalemate is due to carelessness on the part of his opponent.