Every Chess Anomaly Explained

Eight chess anomalies, each from a real game: en passant with a double check, castling with mate, a king that mates by taking a queen, and a move played once in five billion Lichess games. Plus why the famous Kasparov resignation story doesn't hold up. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 En passant checkmate — two checks from pieces that never moved 1:27 Castling checkmate — rarer than en passant 2:34 The king mates by capturing a queen 3:33 Knight promotion — when a queen loses 4:32 Kasparov vs Deep Blue — the draw that isn't there 5:48 The cursed win — 59 moves, and the rules say draw 7:04 fxg1=B — the rarest move on the board 8:01 Bf1g2# — once in five billion games Subscribe for more.