Hey all,
very new to chess and was wondering if anyone could explain to me why this would be a draw?
Thank you!
This is stalemate - the White king is not in check and White does not have any legal moves. Therefore, it is a draw.
Read more about it here: https://www.chess.com/terms/stalemate-chess
yes stale mate like stale bread.
Yep, in a game that black should have easily easily easily won....... They messed up and caused the stalemate instead of a checkmate. When you get in that kind of situation that's not winnable, your goal is to try and draw instead of losing. Sometimes you can cause a draw against a careless player.... Here black did it to themselves
Once you do that to yourself a couple of times in hard fought games that you finally won...... You start paying more attention to it 🙂
The black king is not in check. It is black's move. Black cannot make a legal move. The only two alternatives are: 1) wait until the sun goes nova and wipes out the game, or 2) call it either a win for white or a draw. Whoever created the stalemate rule decided that in situations like this the "winning" player hadn't thought things out well enough to be rewarded with a win, so the game is considered a draw.
You must ask two questions:
If 'No' to 1 and 'Yes' to 2, it is a stalemate. That is a draw.
When you have overwhelming pieces (and only their king can move) and you are about to promote, under-promoting to a rook (or something else) almost 100% avoids stalemate (but I guess not all the time). I have gotten stalemates in that situation (promoting to a queen) a bunch of times!!
Or, once you get used to this scenario, you will find a "waiting move" or a check and then you might be able to promote to a queen.
Hey all,
very new to chess and was wondering if anyone could explain to me why this would be a draw?
Thank you!