Why isn’t this checkmate?

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That can move.. the pawn is blocked

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yca3 wrote:

That can move.. the pawn is blocked

The post was in response the the incorrect phrase "there must also be no other pieces". Players who still have their entire army can be stalemated (never seen it happen but it is theoretically possible).

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jetoba wrote:
yca3 wrote:

That can move.. the pawn is blocked

The post was in response the the incorrect phrase "there must also be no other pieces". Players who still have their entire army can be stalemated (never seen it happen but it is theoretically possible).

exactly. i once saw a composition where it was stalemate in 10 moves and white had all their pieces, while black still had most. (btw the video is on the chesskid yt channel)