Chess thread - discuss and play lichess here

Troon Draugur said:
Castling is about all I do remember from playing as a teen. About ten minutes ago, I remembered en passant existed and promptly got annoyed that I'd forgotten it at all... :lol:
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I love pulling it out on my friends irl and necessitating a Google session while we confirm that yes, that is a rule.
 
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Monika H. said:
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Monika H. said:
Take that as a lesson about how doing a castle can backfire terribly if you do it badly
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Yeah, you have to make sure you have an escape square ready in cases like that. Or you could have blocked the h7 pawn by moving the g7 - g6. I would have taken the knight with my light bishop but you would have avoided mate.
 
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Did Chess 2 ever take off? I thought that midline invasion rule was pretty neat but there seems to be no way to play it without houserulesing it in tabletop sim or something
 
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Dick Justice said:
Did Chess 2 ever take off? I thought that midline invasion rule was pretty neat but there seems to be no way to play it without houserulesing it in tabletop sim or something
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TBH I don't know, I never played it. Looking it up now and seems pretty cool tho.
 
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