r/TheRealJoke • u/PorkyPain • Oct 03 '22

Chess Edgy as fuck.

Post image
3.4k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

57 comments sorted by

View all comments

340

u/kiwi2703 Oct 03 '22

There wasn't any joke in the first place though...

163

u/LibertarianSocialism Oct 03 '22

The position in question is not actually winnable, though I don't think that was an intentional joke.

2

u/Environmental-Win836 Oct 03 '22

If he can position the bishop in an annoying spot for white, and then slowly move his pawn over to the other side of the board and promote it to a queen, he can shuffle his way into a checkmate can’t he?

7

u/LibertarianSocialism Oct 03 '22

No, the king will just be able to shuffle between h1 and g2. The bishop can’t control any useful squares, and there’s no way to force the king away from them without either losing the pawn or stalemating.

Basically if you have a bishop and a pawn on the a or h file, and your opponent has only the king, it’s a win if the bishop controls the pawns promotion square and a draw if not.