The pawns form a protective wall around the ... So the Black King moving to f8 would be against the rules of chess. 1.Qh8 is Checkmate! If it’s Black turn to play in the Diagram position ...

The machine could defend its king and reach checkmate, although it could take up to 63 moves, and standard chess rules would call a draw on 50 moves without a capture or pawn move. In 1920 ...

The self-destruction of the Austrian army in 1788 caused Austria to lose the Battle of Karansebes to the Turks. Karansebes is in modern day Romania. Austrian soldiers mistook each other for the enemy, ...