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[–] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 39 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Is it even possible to lose without a king?

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago

This is why the revolution will never die.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Some would say you've lost before you even began.

But there is an interesting chess variant called horde where Black must capture all of White's pieces to win.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

You can stalemate it if you have no valid moves, or lose via time. I think you can technically lose to the repeated moves rule too? But then again that's applying tournament rules to this scenario so...