Chess; can you take (in different moves of course) both of their bishops and Knights in the same game?

Question

In the same game? Somebody said I didn't win fairly because the King didn't have many left to defend him and it was illegal (or impossible) to take both bishops and knights in the same game. I am so confused, I've been looking it up on the internet and I can't find any mention of it in the rules. Can someone please explain the possibilities of chess and all the illegal moves and what I may have done wrong so I don't do it in the future. I would like to be able to play better. It wasn't a tournament or anything it was just a game. Another person who is good at chess says I won fairly.

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

Why would that not be legal?  They other player was not very good if they lost that badly.

Answer 3

They just took the loss the wrong way.

Its perfectly fine to do that.

You just played against a sore loser.

Answer 4

You can take all of your opponents pieces over the course of a game except for their King, which needs to be checkmated. So yes, you can take all of their bishops and knights.

However, I wonder if the situation you are referring to might be at the end of a game. If your opponent runs out of time and you do not have enough material (pieces) left to force your opponent into a checkmate within 50 moves, you can not win. It is a draw.

Hope this helps.  

Answer 5

You are always allowed to capture an opponent's piece, except the king (in that case you tell him he is in or moved into check).  

The only thing I can think of that would stop you from winning would be if you had an accidental stalemate because you took all of his pieces and left him without a move.  It is illegal for a king to move into check.  So if you finished your move with his king out of check, but in a position where he couldn't move (any piece) without going into check, you didn't win.  If you take all of someone's pieces, you need to be careful that you either have the king in check after each move, or that the king has a legal move left.  

Another way to put it is that you need check for checkmate.  If it is your opponents turn, he isn't in check, but has no legal move he can make, then you screwed up and gave him the tie.  

Good point about checkmate material Ryan.  If neither side has one of these four:  a pawn, a rook, a queen, or a bishop/knight combination, then it is impossible to get a checkmate and the game is a draw.

Answer 6

It sounds like you beat a poor loser.  Congrats on your win!

Answer 7

Yes, you can take any of the peices there are on the whole board.

Answer 8

Of course you can!!  (you just played a better game than a sore loser)

Answer 9

It is perfectly legal to take both in one game.

Answer 10

You can take bishops and knights in the same game ? Sounds like this person was just a little jealous you won and made excuses.

Answer 11

The is no rule of the sort, congratulations for winning.  

Answer 12

Yes, you can take all of your opponents pieces except his King if you like as long as all your moves are legal moves.

It sounds like you were playing against someone who (1) doesn't know the rules; (2) knows the rules but was just trying to trick you; (3) is a poor loser and wanted to complain instead of just starting a new game.