tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post453367140307938534..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Kiss The QueenTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-30266169084820787592009-04-03T03:19:00.000+01:002009-04-03T03:19:00.000+01:00You are leaving out some rules. Yes, the queen is ...You are leaving out some rules. Yes, the queen is like another king, and you can put the queen in check and even checkmate the queen. (So if you fork your opponent's king and queen, you win because there is no way for your opponent to get out of check.) But that is not where the "kiss" comes in. The additional rules are that if you can "kiss" the opponent's queen by putting one of your pieces adjacent to her, and the resulting position is that the queen has none of her own pieces adjacent to her, but only your enemy piece, then you have "kissed" her, and you win the game. When the queen is all alone like this, with none of her chessmen next to her, she is "naked," and if you can move next to her and "kiss" her when she is naked, you win. Even a king can move next to a opponent's "naked" queen and "kiss" her to win. A queen cannot be moved next to an enemy piece if she will be naked because that would be a kiss. But a queen can be naked when delivering mate, because mate always trumps a kiss.Shake Wellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14218631239829843430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-61194147394863641022009-02-05T07:24:00.000+00:002009-02-05T07:24:00.000+00:00My Polish father taught me always to say "gardé" (...My Polish father taught me always to say "gardé" (or maybe it should be spelt "gardez") when attacking the opponent's queen. I soon discovered that I won more games when I kept my mouth shut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-51245289537267424092009-02-02T15:37:00.000+00:002009-02-02T15:37:00.000+00:00Not all countries, incidentally, mark April 1: in ...Not all countries, incidentally, mark April 1: in Spain there's the "Day of the Innocents" on December 28 when similar jokes are played, as I did not know until I got caught out this year.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-90129549516463120702009-02-02T12:50:00.000+00:002009-02-02T12:50:00.000+00:00I believe the actual origin ishttp://chesspro.ru/_...I believe the actual origin is<BR/>http://chesspro.ru/_events/2008/ivanchuk10.html (Russian language alert).<BR/><BR/>Ivanchuk is listed as the author of the piece, but he does not seriously propose to modify the rules of chess. It is in fact a new game, similar to chess.<BR/><BR/>The translated title of the piece is "Kiss the Queen, or New Year's joke from Vasily Ivanchuk".<BR/><BR/>So there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-34084735467377248822009-02-02T11:44:00.000+00:002009-02-02T11:44:00.000+00:00I'd like to change the rules so that I win more ga...I'd like to change the rules so that I win more games.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com