Block
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Like Calvin and Hobbes above, El Goonish Shive has a physical big square writer's block show up in some of the non-canon strips.
Source: Writer's Block - Each block could be the relative size of a medium ocean liner, linked together with other blocks until it is several hundred square acres, to even square miles in size.
Source: Analysis / Arcology - If a player moves their king to a safe square, even if this exposes a check attempt on the opponent's king by another friendly piece, the opponent can move their attacking piece to the recently vacated square to block the check attempt (thus, not a checkmate).
Source: Surprise Checkmate
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Square and Block. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/square
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Square or Block. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/square.
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