Did I win or not? Me VS. Nelson Bot

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Avatar of eliahsjohansson

Hey, I'm quite a new player in Chess that recently started playing.
I have a quick question about my match against the bot Nelson.

In this picture I wonder if I won or not.
I am black, and from my perspective it looks like I won the match, but
Nelson says "Looks like we're evenly matched. Want to try again?".

Quick Note: I won/draw when I made my pawn to a queen.

What does Nelson mean by saying "Looks like we're evenly matched."?
Is this a draw or did I actually win?

 Thanks!

Avatar of Alramech
eliahsjohansson wrote:

Hey, I'm quite a new player in Chess that recently started playing.
I have a quick question about my match against the bot Nelson.
In this picture I wonder if I won or not.
I am black, and from my perspective it looks like I won the match, but
Nelson says "Looks like we're evenly matched. Want to try again?".
Quick Note: I won/draw when I made my pawn to a queen.
What does Nelson mean by saying "Looks like we're evenly matched."?
Is this a draw or did I actually win?
 Thanks!

The result was indeed a draw.  There is a rule in chess called stalemate where the game ends in a draw if a player has no legal moves.  Here, you unfortunately queened your pawn which removed all the remaining squares the white king had to move.  The king is not in check, so it is a stalemate.

https://www.chess.com/terms/stalemate-chess

 

Avatar of eliahsjohansson

NOOOOOOO! I was practicing so hard to be able to defeat him and I was so close.
Oh well, guess I'll have to do it again.

Avatar of ArtNJ

Every single longtime chess player has done this.  I've done it way too many times.  This is a lesson padawan.  Your pain will make you stronger.  

Avatar of eliahsjohansson

Indeed, even though it's frustrating, I still see it as a learning lession.

 

Avatar of jonnin

Ne4 is your move I think.  Then you can queen to win in a moment.  If I did that right Kd1 is forced now (pawn covers f1, N covers f2, Q covers all the 3s and e1) that gives you Qd2# or you can get that second queen and win in an extra move if having a 2 queen insult win is fun for you. 

Avatar of JackRoach

Yup. Stalemate.