What is a stalemate?

Put simply, it is when a person has no legal move on their turn.  An example:

stalemate is when the oppossing player cant move. Satlemates are draws.

counts as a draw

http://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-play-chess.html#draws

A stalemate is when your king is not in check, but any space he moves too would put him in check, and you have no other pieces on the board that you can move.

Thanks, that happened in a game I thought I was going to win, and when I didn't, I got pretty ticked off.

Thanks!

a stalemate is equivalent to a draw....