Every Weird Chess Rule Explained

Chess has rules so strange that players report them as bugs, and every single one of them has decided a real game. A pawn that captures a pawn which already went past it. A castle straight through a line of fire. A promotion where making a queen throws the win away. Here's every weird rule in chess, explained simply, and the famous games where they struck. ⏱ Chapters: 0:00 En passant — the move everyone calls a bug 1:00 Castling — the only two-piece move 1:58 Touch-move — the rule that broke Fischer 3:13 Double check — the check you cannot block 4:02 The two kings can never touch 4:46 Illegal moves — and the old rule that ended a game in 3 5:56 Stalemate — throwing away a won game 6:47 Underpromotion — when a queen is the losing move 📋 Games & sources Tarrasch vs Alapin, Breslau 1889 (touch-move costs a knight) — https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess... Unzicker vs Fischer, Buenos Aires 1960 (Fischer's fastest loss) — https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess... Karpov vs Chernin, Tilburg 1992 (touched queen, lost game) — https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess... Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, Kiel 1893 (illegal move, mate in 3) — https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess... The Saavedra position (rook promotion wins, queen only draws) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saavedr... Touch-move rule & j'adoube — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch-m... Subscribe for more. #chess #chessrules