From: Michael Trent <Michael <at> SHOGI <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 1 oct 1995
Subject: Re: does king can move in check?

In message  <216181a6.u8t20e.4dc3f-ghira <at> mistral <dot> co <dot> uk> SHOGI-L <at> technion <dot> technion <dot> ac <dot> il writes:

> >This lack of illegal moves relating to check means that "Stalemate", a> s
> >seen in Western Chess, must be impossible.
> >
> Well, no. If your king is entirely hemmed in by your own pieces and/or > the
> edge of the board, and no piece has any move available, and you have no
> pieces in hand (or any pieces you have in hand cannot be dropped for so> me
> reason) then you have no legal moves available. So a stalemate position>  can
> be created whether or not it's legal to move into check.

If the King was entirely hemmed in by his own pieces, surely one of those
pieces must have a legal move. Adam, if you think a such a position can be
created please show me it, because I don't think it's possible.

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