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The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :(
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3268/
You should just call the boss of chess and have your red card withdrawn
I don’t think Gary Chess, the inventor of chess, is that active in the scene any more. Not for a decade, I don’t think
"Soccer is like chess, just without dice."
(no, this was never a serious quote; "Fußball ist wie Schach, nur ohne Würfel" started as a satirical quote by a German comedian)
Spotting offside is very easy once you know how: if an exciting play happens, that's offside.
(patiently waiting for explainxkcd)
It’s a football (or soccer, if you’re so inclined) reference.
Overly simplified, the attacking side needs to have one other player besides the opposing goalkeeper in front of the ball to not risk being called off-side.
There is a lot more nuance to the rule, and even I don’t fully understand it 100%, but for the sake of this joke it should suffice.
Now try and explain it to the wife using salt and pepper shakers
The official rule is that you are offside if you are closer to the goal line than both the ball and second-to-last defender when the ball is passed by your own team. It is only a violation if you then make a play toward the ball after being offside. If the other team makes an intentional play on the ball before you do, then you are no longer offside.
Side is off.
New strat just dropped
holy hell
Offside determination requirements
No ball, no offside. Chess with a ball could be interesting, though. :)
what are you talking about it's always a ball when you're playing chess
That's the soccer definition not the chess offsides rule
Oh yes. My bad.
This is a football (soccer) thing, right? Because I think that's the only sport with the cards like that.
this is clearly chess
Actually, since it's at the same line as the king or farther, it's not offside
Unless the king is equivalent to the goalie in this situation in which case it would be offside
That's what I was referencing
In football you are offside if you don't have at least two players ahead of you (usually, but not necessarily the keeper and one defender)
A player is in an offside position if:
any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents’ half (excluding the halfway line) and
any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent