Spuddaccino

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[–] Spuddaccino@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago

One of the kings could still pay the bishop, so still not checkmate.

[–] Spuddaccino@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The official answer is that you cannot promote a pawn to a king, so this situation would never arise. However, this is Anarchy Chess, so let's set that aside.

If this situation did happen, and it is Black's turn, it is not checkmate, because Black's bishop takes the queen. It could not be White's turn, because there is no way to arrive at this board state on Black's turn without one or both kings being in check at the beginning of the turn, and so Black's move would have needed to remove their king from check.

Therefore, this board state is not checkmate.

[–] Spuddaccino@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

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[–] Spuddaccino@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

"Sunwise", and for the exact same reason.

Clocks go clockwise because their predecessors did. What were their predecessors?

Sundials.

How does the shadow go around a sundial? Well, sunwise, of course.

Counterclockwise, as said in another comment, was "widdershins", from a Middle Low German phrase meaning "against the way".