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this comic needs more chest lest chess..jk good one
I love you Kyle.
and the knights rode bare back that night...
In restaurants, a Rook might say "Rook!" with his mouth open and chewed food hanging out.
The king wasn't quite sure if he could make "the move" on her, since normally White goes first
I don't get it.
Never date the white king, ladies... 'cause white always 'goes' first.
Awesome
Classy!
It's odd how my mind works. At first I was thinking it funny on the level of the old custom that the gentleman pays for the lady's meal. Since the woman here is calling for the check, the rook questions whether this is acceptable.
As far as I can tell what's really intended here, you have in chess being checked is a threat and for the queen to call "check" means she just made her move and it is black's turn. Since the rook is in a space BEHIND their table and to the right and thus unable to take the queen and defend the king, yet concerned about the threat to his king, he calls out "sire?" concerned whether he'll be ok. Of course, facing the queen directly, the king can take her himself and calls the rook off ("easy, rook") which is also funny for obvious innuendo purposes.
I love this comic.
I admire the sense of humor the comic creator presents.
Haha! I loved the alt-text, too :D
i like it
It's a move called castling, I can't believe none of you figured that out. Go look it up. It's an awesome, little know move which includes an unmoved rook and the King. oh yeah. that's right. look out. he he. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling found it for ya. go here. it'll explain it all. yup. Oh and in context to the comic, very funny. I got a good chuckle. Having back up is nice. yup.
ok, this is the first one that's actually funny...
near as I can tell rayrox and superdab are both trying to be too technical; the joke is the play on words where 'check' means different things in different circumstances, and when either could apply...? Hilarity! Confusion! Ah.
I didn't get it at first, but then I read what rayrox said...hahahaha
Great comics!
@superdab..."it's an awesome, little know(sic) move..." castleing is practically the most fundamental chess move beyond the basic piece moves, i'd hardly call it "little known" like it's some fucking secret. also, you can't castle when you're in check, i can't believe you didn't figure that out.
Dude, clearly the BLACK king aint payin for the meal, the proper whit Queen has to pay for the meal
If chess pieces just stopped going to restaurants, this awkard situation wouldn't happen.
@Superdab: You cannot castle while you are in check. Also, the pieces are not in the correct position to do so anyway. "I can't believe you didn't figure that out".
You cannot even castle if the enemy could move between king and rook.
Read the roll-over text and choked on my cereal, well played
I like how the floor is gray
This might be the greatest comic I've ever seen.
Epic stuff, pitty for those who do not get the comic . Poor bastards.
How do you think of it ....... it's GREAT !!!
@Superdab you sir, are terrible at chess. you posted the link, but obviously did not read it.
one can only Castle with the king if:
1) both the King and the Rook in question have not been moved, and it is clear in this comic that the King has indeed been moved
2) if the King is NOT in check which, obviously, he is
3) move 2 squares into a location towards the rook in which he would not be putting himself into check. since in Castling one must move in a straight line (left or right) moving those two squares toward the rook would put the king back into check.
in your attempt to prove your intellect at chess, all you really did was prove how little you knew of it. and i can't believe YOU didn't figure that out
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