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I wouldn't. I never progressed beyond chess clubs in public schools and I certainly remember people making illegal moves in tournaments. Like that's why they ma
by da_chicken 2y ago
I wouldn't. I never progressed beyond chess clubs in public schools and I certainly remember people making illegal moves in tournaments. Like that's why they make you both record all the moves. Because people make mistakes. Though, honestly, I remember more notation errors than play errors.
Accidentally moving into check is probably the most common illegal move. Castling though check is surprisingly common, too. Actually moving a piece incorrectly is fairly rare, though. I remember one tournament where one of the matches ended in a DQ because one of the players had two white bishops.
- ASUfool 2y agoCould one have two white bishops after promoting a pawn?
- IanCal 2y agoPromoting to anything other than a queen is rare, and I expect the next most common is to a knight. Promoting to a bishop, while possible, is going to be extremely rare.
- School-Cotton 2y agoYes it's theoretically possible to have two light-squared bishops due to promotions but so exceedingly rare that I think most professional chess players will go their whole career without ever seeing that happen.
- da_chicken 2y agoOutside of playing a game for piece value? No, not really. In this case, of course, someone moved their bishop from black to white and their opponent didn't catch it until awhile later.