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TonyScott406

How is this a draw? He is pinned on all sides. 

notmtwain
Sphincto wrote:

How is this a draw? He is pinned on all sides. 

 

Exactly. He is not in check and has no legal moves. That is called stalemate.

TonyScott406
notmtwain wrote:
Sphincto wrote:

How is this a draw? He is pinned on all sides. 

 

Exactly. He is not in check and has no legal moves. That is called stalemate.

I see. So the better move would have been to move my 2nd queen to h5 instead of h6

 

notmtwain
Sphincto wrote:
notmtwain wrote:
Sphincto wrote:

How is this a draw? He is pinned on all sides. 

 

Exactly. He is not in check and has no legal moves. That is called stalemate.

I see. So the better move would have been to move my 2nd queen to h5 instead of h6

 

Yes. Especially if you were in time trouble, a move giving check avoids any stalemate. (You weren't in time trouble in your game.)

Moonwarrior_1

Always look to see if he is in check or if he has a place to move before you move when in a end game like that 😁

jetoba
Sphincto wrote:
notmtwain wrote:
Sphincto wrote:

How is this a draw? He is pinned on all sides. 

 

Exactly. He is not in check and has no legal moves. That is called stalemate.

I see. So the better move would have been to move my 2nd queen to h5 instead of h6

 

Your question is one regularly occurring from new players (some people get tired of seeing the same question over and over - albeit from different people, for each of whom it is a new question).  Your response to the provided information is better than most.  You are willing to learn instead of merely complain, and that is a good sign for somebody wanting to improve their game.

As a side note, don't worry about how it looks to not know a rule you've never encountered before.  I've directed a good number of tournaments and I have periodically had to explain common tournament rules to experienced masters (not the moves themselves but how handle the other aspects of tournament games).