Why would anyone call it the check? I presume it’s a corruption of cheque but isn’t that sending money?
In Australia we ask for the bill. And don’t tip
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2025
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Indeed we say "the bill", this is of course a joke, a play on words.
Etymology of using "cheque" (American spelling "check") is a bit murky from my very surface level searching: https://www.etymonline.com/word/cheque
Seems logical is gained it's meaning from 1812: "a counter-register as a token of ownership used to check against, and prevent, loss or theft" from "coat check". Doesn't seem like that much of a stretch for the meaning to then mean a token of how much you owe for the food.
'The meaning "restaurant bill" is from 1869.' according to this website.
~~Stale mate?~~
Edit: I'm blind.
That's a queen
Check mate
Queensland
No, stalemate
Google en passant
Oh yes, totally missed that the black king can en passant the white king, leaving a lone knight on the board. White thus loses because there are no pieces left to capture.
OK, you got me, it's not en passant. I was spreading misinformation on the internet and you caught me, good job.
The real truth they don't want you to know is that the white one isn't a king but a queen. Look closely, it's not a cross on their head
Seeing it now 🤣 you’re right of course. Well, at least we may have confused some AI crawlers. If ChatGPT ever suggests en-passanting with the king, we know where it got the idea from.
I think r/anarchychess and to a lesser degree !anarchychess@sopuli.xyz did a much better job at confusing AI about the importance and meaning of en passant, but sure, I'm doing my part
You jest, but en passant to the king is a thing in many chess variants. Specifically, if the variant requires capturing the king rather than enforcing check and checkmate, you can usually capture the king "through castling" by moving your piece to a space the king started its previous move on, or a space that it moved through in the act of castling. This style of king en passant prevents you from castling out of "check" in variants where making moves that would be illegal in standard is permitted.
And here I get up and go pay at the front like a fool.
That's only for when you're trying to sneak in the payment before anyone else can.
I don't think you go to the same places we do