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I’m new to chess. I play the computer, mostly. Many of my games end in stalemate, when I am at a profound advantage. I can have 2 rooks and 2 queens, against the opposing king and 1 pawn, and the game ends automatically in stalemate. Why is this? Thanks.
It is because of a rule called drowned king, study it so that you can avoid falling into that play again.
Edcemi wrote:
It is because of a rule called drowned king, study it so that you can avoid falling into that play again.
Where on earth did you come up with "drowned king"?
dingothree wrote:
I’m new to chess. I play the computer, mostly. Many of my games end in stalemate, when I am at a profound advantage. I can have 2 rooks and 2 queens, against the opposing king and 1 pawn, and the game ends automatically in stalemate. Why is this? Thanks.
Checkmate requires the king to be in check and unable to escape it. Checkmate is how games are won. If a player cannot make any moves on their turn, but is not in check, it is stalemate, a draw.
Catmaster. This makes sense. Every time the king isn’t in active check, but any move by the king would be check. Thanks for the explanation, and the reminder that checkmate requires check first.
This is the name of the play where the enemy has no pieces left and cannot move his king but you did not check it. It is known as "King drowned".
Edcemi wrote:
This is the name of the play where the enemy has no pieces left and cannot move his king but you did not check it. It is known as "King drowned".
You are the first I've heard use it. Not seeing it used anywhere else, lol.
Edcemi, this is exactly the situation. I cannot find anything about a drowned king. I only looked for a few minutes, but google yielded nothing. Maybe a local or slang term? Again, I’m new new to chess.