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Source unknown, some sites assign it to Oppressive Silence comics by Ethan Vincent. But that website in the corner is shady

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[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 85 points 3 weeks ago (50 children)
[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 217 points 3 weeks ago (48 children)

Queen moves into a space that stops king from moving as you cannot move into a check. It's a forced draw.

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 59 points 3 weeks ago (28 children)

What’s the benefit to the game of this being a draw instead of an obvious loss to white?

[–] gloog@fedia.io 81 points 3 weeks ago

Stalemate rules mean that a player in a heavily disadvantaged position still has the opportunity to play for a draw, whether that comes from their own clever play or a mistake from their opponent (what happened in the comic).

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