I'm not talking about the technical rules of legal moves when your king is checked. I'm talking about when there's checkmate and the victor and the loser are set in stone. Why can't I capture the king at that point? I can understand why you can't do so with a resignation because your pieces likely aren't near the king.
I don't know the explanation as late as the 19th century when states were large and consolidared, but when Europe was a bunch of statelets I'm pretty sure nobility was captured and held for ransom.
We should be allowed to steal the opponent's king piece and demand money for it
Literally whats the point of the fancy chess sets otherwise.
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Whenever I play mountain blade, all the other nobles think I'm a bastard for immediately killing any noble who surrenders. But it allows me to get closer to strategic victory, and also the nobles have a habit of escaping before a ransom comes in