I agree, I once had one of these albeit more frustrating myself (knight vs rook pawn where I have the knight but still possibly winning) and my opponent flagged to a draw on chess.com.

It doesn't. Black would have drawn if they gave their rook away - this is just stupid imo

The mate requires active collaboration from black, so idk

@@volodyadykun6490 no. Not always. Tactics could have a sacrifice to mate, but your opponent flags seeing M1 instead.

@@TemphinFD what?

The umbrella term company means that it has a separate legal entity from its owners. Therefore a non-profit organization is a type of company. (How I learned it anyway).

A non profit organization is also a company

@@thechessnerd isn't a company a commercial business though

Non profit is not an entity type, it’s a tax designation. Non profit organizations are still set up as corporations or llc, sometimes partnerships

@@fuydestroyer1942 not necessarily (this is how I learned it so double check me with Google) A company is just the separation from the name of it’s owners. Meaning it doesn’t matter what the owners do with the money (i.e. for profit or give to charity or give back to its customers or refuses all revenue)

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The point is they don't wanna waste time, so that's why they see a "give up" as a win. But they should change the rule to that you lose, because you have yourself to blame for giving up.

just like weights and temperatures LOL

This time I think America actually did it right though. It wouldn’t make sense for the game to carry on if you had to get in one very specific place JUST to stalemate anyways. This isn’t really just because, it actually makes more sense.

Also height and volumes. What are feet and inches bs? What is a mile? What are ounces bruh? Stupid measurements

@@AJ-vr9hf it just goes on for 50 moves max, and you can't flag in lichess if you premove everything. You still have a chance to force draw(really small in some cases)

@@newplayer1313 That just seems stupid to me tho. There’s so many moves you can make with 2 pieces, it seems impossible to me that you could manage to make the SINGULAR move to draw the game.

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@@flyboy746 where the hell did that come from

Lichess = "libre" chess

Question: Is it true that chess sets manufactured in France come with queens and kings missing the top?

@@eminkilicaslan8945 Yes, and the pawns riot all the time

That is exactly correct

FIDE : if there is a possible mate = no automatic draw US : arbitrary rule that decides when a player is unlikely enough to make blunders it should be a draw. US as usual inventing stupid arbitrary rules for the sake of being different

@@notabene9630 US rule makes more sense. I'm not American btw

@@notabene9630, FIDE: Arbitrary rule that decides if there is a possible mate, but only if played incorrectly = you lose.

@@Xavier_Dimoff How is it arbitrary though? It comes directly from the 50 move rule. The side with the rook has a suicidal rook and shouldn't really be flagging anyway. If they did they just made a blunder and lost the win just like how patzers stalemate K+Q vs K. The rules shouldn't arbitrarily come in and protect you from one edge case (K+R vs K+N) versus another edge case (K+Q vs K).

What is the rule couldn't understand

@@cyrilgeorge3201 when theres no material left to give a checkmate it is a draw but on lichess if you have a knight left or something which allows it to be theoretically possible to mate, it is declared a win

@@BlitzWizard94 is there a table that indicate checkmating material? Because I don't think a knight and king can win against a queen and king (queen can always sacrifice itself to prevent a checkmate)

@@draganandrei5356 king and knight can win in a very rare situation well not rlly but again its FIDE rules

@@BlitzWizard94 not against queen I think

That wasn't about the rule per se, it was over a stipulation that says if a player can't get checkmate, but can if the other player helps him, for example, deliberately moves his king to the corner of the board, it is still considered a potential checkmate, so it is a loss not a draw.

That's the rule though?

Alireza complained about Magnus speaking Norwegian, not about the rules.

@@thememaster7 that is literally the rule lmao

@@Baxitron The rule is that if they can't checkmate you, it's a draw. The stipulation is that if they can't checkmate you but could if you deliberately helped them (help mate), then it's a loss.

The point is they don't wanna waste time, so that's why they see a "give up" as a win. But they should change the rule to that you lose, because you have yourself to blame for giving up.

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For this reason, the US Chess Federation rule is better.

What is flagging even

Fair game. Should’ve played faster.

You like to switch between them for just this?

Never seen someone flagged up 15 points of material? So it doesn't matter

his "opponent" was magnus xD

@Ruhan not if the other player doesn’t let you.

Oooooooh interesting, what difference would you like me to expose 👀

@@thechessnerd Maybe comparing their ELO system, the benefis/downsides of both, and their playerbase? (As in average amount of users at a given time) Thanks for the response!

@@astronimite yep even I want to know that Nice point tho

@@thechessnerd Maybe the number of ads, paywalls, and invasive popups trying to get you to subscribe/donate?

Also a great example!

Knight and Bishop is a win by checkmate . Unless you mean knight vs Bishop

@@iamgroot3615 I understood it like knight vs bishop yeah

What does flagged mean??? I play chess but have no clue about this word

@@canna-b8718 it means your opponent ran out of time

It's when the opponent is winning but instead of resigning you keep playing and end up winning on time.

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Bro that's the flag of Italy and Chopin is actually polish (half French) 😛

@@albanpohle3143 i mean I was from italy

@@albanpohle3143 the flag means that i am from italy

I am a former piano player

Bro you’re completely lost

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Yea but it doesn't make sense when checkmate is only possible if the opponent helps you do it.

@@dogabutila Opponents can theoretically always make any mistake. I'd argue that, if we stipulate that chess played perfectly leads to a draw, ANY checkmate innately requires your opponent "helping"/letting you do in some sense or another

@@dogabutila Going by your logic, all games should be declared draws right when the game starts, since you can't checkmate without the opponent making a mistake and "helping you win."

There's a difference between making an inaccuracy that can be exploited and purposefully moving your pieces so the opponent can checkmate you. If you can't understand the difference you should refrain from commenting.

@@dogabutila Wow, what a dickish & useless comment, & ironic since your standards for your own contributions are apparently so low. Your "counterpoint" (calling it that is generous) boils down to an insufferably sophomoric "NUH-UH" 😂 Please, if you're so brilliant, enlighten us all by actually explaining this difference (remember, has to be a meaningful difference _in application,_ not "the difference is intention" which is definitionally obvious & doesn't affect the point the other replied & I are making). Y'know -- like mature decent human beings do, by being able to handle conversations when they enter a forum for having conversations. If this isn't just you having a cranky night (I think we've all been there), & you actually feel the need to be a douchey control freak when someone raises a point/idea that's different from yours, then you have some serious issues you need to go work on.

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I learned only a few months ago when it happened to me (chesscom it not being a win for me) after 10 years!!

In a FIDE tournament this would be a win for white, yes. in USCF tournament that is rated FIDE you would have to check with the organizer before the blitz/classical tournament.

That's different, you can't checkmate with only a king

Your situation is completely different from the one in the video.

@@finnfinity9711 I get it now

@@Eight69 I know now :)

Players flag, aka run out of time

By "the black pieces" he's talking about the opponent

low key agree

that would be a draw either way, since they can’t possibly checkmate with just a king

losing on time / because of time :)

@@thechessnerd thanks, I actually heard it in another video after commenting this and figured it out from context clues lol Appreciate the response though

I play a lot of bullet and it's not very rare for me. A bishop or a knight is all I need to win

@@12jswilson You must play some weak opponents

Lichess rules makes less sense because this is what happened to magnus carlsen and alizera when they would never play this horrible they are top players

@@JimmyKim-fb1ji Chess rules cannot be different for top players and 1000 rated beginners.

You can't put your king in check, regardless of whether the piece defending it is absolutely pinned or not.

@@hypercubemaster2729 Ohh ok thanks a lot! I didn’t know about this

If that was possible, then your opponent could just "capture" your king, followed by you "capturing" their king. Quite ridiculous.

If you can do like that, it will be a draw since both kings die

​@@WutheheoooooNo. Imagine your king dies. He commands u. Now udk what to do and is completely stuck cos your king died and nobody is there to command you. Well, it is illegal whether pinned or not