A popular YouTube chess channel, coffee chess, ends their intro with “+ OK To Take The King to Win the Game”. What does that mean?
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A popular YouTube chess channel, coffee chess, ends their intro with “+ OK To Take The King to Win the Game”. What does that mean?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “where is coffee chess filmed“
It means that if your opponent does not react to a check by saving his king, you can capture the king and win the game. Usually, this is considered an illegal move and the opponent is asked to play another legal move.
It means “live king”.
It’s a common house rule at places that have a lot of blitz chess.
What it means is, if you are in check, and you make an illegal move that caused your king to remain in check, and then hit the clock, it means I can then capture your king with the checking piece and the game is over.
This is an informal rule, because in tournament condition blitz, capturing a king is strictly illegal. The tournament remedy is, depending on what is announced for the particular tournament and what the time control is, as follows:
A. When your opponent played the illegal move (remaining in check), you would stop the clock and claim a win.
B. When your opponent played the illegal move (remaining in check), you would stop the clock and get the arbiter, who would then assess a time penalty (usually by giving YOU extra time on your clock) for the first offense (and sometimes for the second), and possibly forfeit your opponent for any further violations.
There are purists who dislike “live king” because they say it is not chess, it is against the rules, etc. But my opinion is that taking the king is simply a way of expressing that they made an illegal move in a blitz game and you are claiming a win because of it (the same as “A.”, above).
it means that it is CTK (Capture the King)
There are no stalemates because the King can move into check.