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		neverkn0wsb357 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1D Chess This might have a bug. I have the following configuration. K - King H - Knight R - Rook E - Enemy King X - Empty K X X X R K E X But it indicates it’s a draw by stalemate. There is only 1 legal move for black here. Which is to move back to X. If it takes my Knight rook gets it. He moves back, I move my Knight out of the way. Checkmate. Edit: oh wait nvm there’s no legal move for black.

MegaSec 18 days ago [–]

I don’t think it is a bug, the enemy king can’t move back to X because the knight is attacking that space. Traditionally you can’t move into check in chess.

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