White to move and mate in... uhh... how did we get here?
White to move and mate in... uhh... how did we get here?
White to move and mate in... uhh... how did we get here?
Middle eastern conflict on a chess board.
ChatGPT's games be like
I've often wondered if it's always possible to tell whether any arbitrary boardstate is possible, and I came up with a few easy ways to tell how the board can't be legal without verifying that no set of moves can lead to it. Can you spot every illegality?
Both kings cannot be in check, if it's whites turn then black must have made an illegal turn to not avoid check on their last turn.
The white pawn has advanced across the border but hasn't been promoted. A second white pawn moved backwards. Black has a pawn not promoted.
I guess technically white could have promoted a different pawn to be a third bishop, but white is not missing a pawn.
White king and queen could not have moved if the bishops and pawns hadn't (or the pawns would have had to walk backwards)...
The ones I have: touching kings (and so many checks on the black king even though it's not his move), pawns on the first/last rank, 3 bishops even though no pawns have left the board
Edit: the h pawns passed each other
I see two pawns on the last rank but not promoted, black has same coloured bishops
I couldn't think of any way to have a knight in an impossible position. I do have one impossible rook, because I updated the link after you left this comment
I'm no expert, but the fact black is in check from the previous move means it can't be whites turn. And it looks like check mate
The more you look, the more impossibilities that are found! I'm going to be sick...
Qxb4 h1=K
This position looks like a fever dream
The time waves are getting worse. We used to be playing checkers. Obviously i blame the black science ministry.
Knight to d5. Fork the king and queen (youre welcome)