| ▲ | davedx 9 hours ago |
| But black has no king, so surely the game is over and there are no more legal moves? Why does black have two pawns but no king? I don’t understand any of this |
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| ▲ | electroly 9 hours ago | parent [-] |
| Every board on the page, with the exception of the illegal "all queens" board, has a black king. The king is the one with the cross above the crown. In the first board, the 218 winner, it's at A1. |
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| ▲ | davedx 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | The first image, which I assume is the solution because the title is 'Reachable chess position with 218 moves for White, published by Petrović in 1964.', has no black king? | | |
| ▲ | electroly 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | Look again. It's at A1. You may be confusing that symbol with a different piece. | | |
| ▲ | davedx 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Ugh. Sigh, I see it now - I thought that was the white king, because it has quite some white in it. I will allocate 50% blame to my brain and eyes, and 50% to whoever designed a black king to have so much white in it :P Thanks! | | |
| ▲ | jibal 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | No, it's 100% on you. If the piece on a1 is a white king, then what's the piece on f1? And why would there be no black king, when the subject is reachable (and thus legal) positions? |
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