Harry Potter - Wizards Chess? More like Wizards move however you want.
This has bugged me all my life so now I'm calling it out.
Philosophers Stone, Chess game on the route to quirrell. Ron goes down and Harry shouts 'Don't move! We're still playing'. Then Harry, a bishop, walks diagonally (correct as again, Bishop), stands right in front of the king and says 'Checkmate'.
How?
Directly in front? So not in check from Harry then?
Reveals a different piece to put long in check? Nope.
He comes from the whole other side of the board.
A rook would have had to already be in a straight line which would have been check the previous move and the king would have had to move meaning the queen couldn't attack Ron.
A knight isn't blocked by a bishop so there's no way moving a bishop reveals a knight to check the king.
Obviously pawns can't be checking the king or they would have been on the previous move, or, if they were one square back, the king wouldn't be in check and wouldn't have to take the bishop putting him in check from the pawns.
The other bishop is on a different colour so taking Harry would not put him in check.
And finally revealing a queen that was behind Harry diagonally would mean the king couldn't take Harry, but he'd still not be in check from Harry's move so he doesn't need to.
I've run this again and again and again and there is literally not one single way Harry as a bishop moving across the board diagonally and standing directly in front of the king could result in checkmate.
It's the least believable thing in a movie with 3 headed dogs Chocolate that comes to life.