Oh thank you!! I understand, I forgot that the key is whether they are in check. That clears it up perfectly for me, thank you!
Question about checkmate vs. stalemate
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mayhemily wrote:
Hello! I'm pretty new to chess, so I've been watching the lessons and had a question about stalemates. In the "how to checkmate w/ the rook" lesson, the video says that this following set up is a checkmate:
But how is that not a stalemate? The black king would have no legal moves. I thought the video was going to say that this is how to get checkmate:
Since then the black king would have to take the white rook and the white king would get it in the next move.
Can someone clarify how the example given in the video is checkmate, and not stalemate, and how alternatively the example I gave is a stalemate and not a checkmate? Thank you!
Well, you are already better in this area of understanding than a ton of players who have complained that they draw games because they are winning in material.
Hello! I'm pretty new to chess, so I've been watching the lessons and had a question about stalemates. In the "how to checkmate w/ the rook" lesson, the video says that this following set up is a checkmate:
But how is that not a stalemate? The black king would have no legal moves. I thought the video was going to say that this is how to get checkmate:
Since then the black king would have to take the white rook and the white king would get it in the next move.
Can someone clarify how the example given in the video is checkmate, and not stalemate, and how alternatively the example I gave is a stalemate and not a checkmate? Thank you!