
Episode 248: Checkmate, Grasshopper
Very Bad Wizards
Lucery Checkmates in Chess
The goal of chess lucery checkmate is not pre-lusory but rather post-lusory both logically and historically the fact that checkmate is possible within chess is knowable only by playing chess without playing chess we have no way to know that the pieces fit together to create checkmate in a game. For all we know prior to playing chess all checkmates are lucery and chess is an impossible endeavor Lucary checkmates are not things we lay down as goals ahead of the invention of chess they are discoveries made by people who engage with the rule governed universe of chess the chess board and its pieces.
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