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Why can't you capture the King in chess when victory has been declared? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm not talking about the technical rules of legal moves when your king is checked. I'm talking about when there's checkmate and the victor and the loser are set in stone. Why can't I capture the king at that point? I can understand why you can't do so with a resignation because your pieces likely aren't near the king.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Dunno but it always seems like royals were always capturing and never killing each other in wars?? Like I don't know why Napoleon didn't just kill Francis II after the nth fucking war he started.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I don't know the explanation as late as the 19th century when states were large and consolidared, but when Europe was a bunch of statelets I'm pretty sure nobility was captured and held for ransom.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We should be allowed to steal the opponent's king piece and demand money for it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Literally whats the point of the fancy chess sets otherwise.

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