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>>29665193
This is called a back-rank mate. That image is only showing you the important elements of it, so without the rest of the pieces. A rookie can easily be in this situation because proper development involves castling which puts your king into this exact position.

Even at a pro level it's not expected that you're gonna get checkmated suddenly by that, but the THREAT of a back-rank mate is usually one of the common tools that they use. Also the point system is just a rule of thumb, if you have 4 attacking pieces on the King threatening checkmate, that's worth more than queens stuck behind pawns that can't do anything. So depending on the board position, a bishop is worth more than a knight (open game), or a knight is worth more than a bishop (in a closed game). Also like some anons said, the rook is worth more than the bishop because it can potentially go to any square, while bishops can only go one color of the board.

Didn't Ina watch code geass? she should be a chess master by now

>You cannot put your own king into check

This fucking game