Chess question anyone?

Question

can you capture a king with a knight?

Also, can you castle with a rook and king when your rook left the last row and then came back? How can you not castle with the king and rook?

Answer 1

i don't really play chess but here's a great website on the rules. http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/ches...

have fun :)

Answer 2

You can caputre anything with anything as long as it's a legal move. And I don't understand your second question.

Answer 3

yes u can take anything with anything if it dont break the rules and no u cant and if u move  ur rook or the king then u cant castle. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

You can castle

Answer 5

well you never really "capture" the king, but yes u can mate him w/ the knight.  And castleing can only be made w/ the king and rook, also has to be the 1st move on those two peices... the spaces between cannot be occupied, and remember that the king cannot castle through a space that is under enemy attack...

Answer 6

If you move either your King or Rook you lose the right to castle.  also you cannot castle if it would result in your king moving through a check however the rook may move through an attacked square to castle,

Answer 7

Hi,

     The king [KI] is not allowed to be captured in traditional western chess.  You may like to visit my web page - link below?  See 'King', 'Roo' and 'Castle' under the letter 'C' in the dictionary?  I hope this is helpful for you.  

Yours,

Chesmayne.

Answer 8

You are allowed to deliver a checkmate move with a Knight, if that's what you're asking.  However, once the King is checkmated, the game ends at that point... the King is never actually "captured" in the same way as other pieces are... i.e. the King is never removed from the board.

If what you're asking is "is it possible to force checkmate on your opponent's  King when all you have is a King and a Knight?" then the answer is no.       A King and Knight can not force checkmate against a lone King.    In fact, even a King and TWO Knights can not force checkmate against a lone King (a King and two Bishops CAN force checkmate against a lone King).

Re: Your second question:

If a Rook moves from its starting square, then castling privileges are lost for THAT ROOK ONLY.   It would still be possible to castle with the OTHER Rook, provided that neither the King nor the other rook has moved.

Castling is PERMANENTLY prohibited for the game if:

   1) The King has moved (even if it subsequently moves back to its original square)

   2) If a Rook has moved, you can not castle with THAT Rook (even if it subsequently moves back to its original square).. however, you may still castle with the OTHER Rook if neither the King nor the other Rook has moved

Castling is TEMPORARILY prohibited if:

  1) The King is in check (you can not castle out of check while the King is being attacked)

  2) If any of the squares between the King and the intended Rook are occupied, by a piece of EITHER side  (you can still castle with the OTHER Rook however)

  3) If castling requires the King to pass OVER any squares that are controlled by an enemy piece..in other words, you can't castle "THROUGH" check...    (e.g. if your opponent's Bishop attacks (controls) square f1, then the King can not castle with the Kingside Rook, since castling would require the King to pass OVER f1 en route to his target square of g1).

Once the squares between the King and the intended Rook are no longer under enemy control, castling is allowed, provided it's still legal).

Hope that helped.