I have a question about episode nine...

[destructo-bot.livejournal.com]

It involves chess, and since it also involves ep. 9 plot points, I'm putting it in a cut. That's right, right? I've never posted here before. :D

I'm pretty sure you can't put yourself in check. By moving his king like that, didn't Schneizel intentionally put himself in check, and thus break the rules? Or is it excused because by having his king next to Lelouch's, Lelouch was also in check? But I thought you weren't allowed to put yourself in check even if it was to put the other person in check/checkmate... See, this is why I'm confused.

Someone who's better with the rules of chess can help, yes? This is seriously bugging me.

Oh, and I'm not sure what else to tag this as, sorry. I know, I fail at life. D:

Comments

[zerorevenge.livejournal.com]

From what I know in Check, Schnizel put both himself & lelouch into Check with moving the King next to the other King.

Lelouch's next move must remove his own King from Check. Why he didn't just have his own King take Schnizel's King made no sense to me, since that would have defeated Schnizel.

Further More, Schnizel shouldn't have been able to put his King there because that put himself into Check - which a player cannot do.

[gilfaenen.livejournal.com]

That's exactly it. Schneizel was GIVING UP to Lelouch, saying "here, you win." But since he had broken the rules to do that, Lelouch felt that it wasn't a meaningful victory.

Note that Schneizel says afterwards that he's "figured out a bit of Zero's personality" and then compares him to the emperor, stating that Curly would've taken the victory, even though it was illegal.

Or Code Geass chess has different rules |D;;