It is a draw because it is a stalemate. When you promoted to a queen, the Black king had no legal moves, but it was not in check. Since the king cannot move to any square without being in check and is not currently in check, the position is a stalemate, which results in a draw.
I win the game but it got registered as a draw
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Hi, I jus see a bored with their pieces moved? Something wrong with my phone 😅
*with no pieces moved.
Mar 4, 2026
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Is it just me or does everyone think stalemate is a bug and is unnatural until they see en passant.
It's not a stalemate , everywhere the enemy king goes he will be eliminated if he moves once more
Mar 5, 2026
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#8
Yes but the king is not in check, (it is not attacked), so it's a draw. It's the rules.
Mar 5, 2026
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zachbroker wrote:
It's not a stalemate , everywhere the enemy king goes he will be eliminated if he moves once more
Instead of trying to TELL us what stalemate is, why don't you just Google 'chess stalemate' and LEARN what a stalemate is?
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stalemate is being left with not enough materiel to finish the game . You think it as a stalemate because you fail to understand elimination of king because games end before his elimination. In any of his next move he would be 100% eliminated , that is a victory. Stalemate is not being able to kill him or do 3 times over the same moves . I can take the king in any way i want
Mar 6, 2026
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zachbroker a écrit :
stalemate is being left with not enough materiel to finish the game . You think it as a stalemate because you fail to understand elimination of king because games end before his elimination. In any of his next move he would be 100% eliminated , that is a victory. Stalemate is not being able to kill him or do 3 times over the same moves . I can take the king in any way i want
What about you googling “what is stalemate in chess”, and then you come back to teach us what a stalemate is ? Stalemate is not “being left without enough material to finish the game, nor not being able to “kill” or do 3 times over the same moves”, or whatever you said. Many players (and also more experienced than you at the game) have told you that the position was a stalemate, and that it is considered as a draw in chess. Now it's your rôle to open Google, click on the search bar, write “what is stalemate in chess”, press enter, click on the first link, read.
Mar 6, 2026
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#14
Poor guy, he stalemated again with +26 in material, with like 10 M1 during the endgame. Who tells him the objective is to checkmate the opponent's king, not stalemate ?
Mar 6, 2026
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#15
If the king isn't in check and has no other legal squares to move, its a stalemate. If he has some other piece hes forced to move it. Here, the black king cannot move anywhere and doesn't have any other pieces. So its a draw
Mar 6, 2026
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#16
=> "Stalemate is a situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move. Stalemate results in a draw. "
Bro actually selected "advanced" as his skill level when creating an account and didn't even know the most basic rules of the game
If people start googling "stalemate" and "en passant" then the chess.com forum would have approximately 50% less threads.
zachbroker wrote:
stalemate is being left with not enough materiel to finish the game . You think it as a stalemate because you fail to understand elimination of king because games end before his elimination. In any of his next move he would be 100% eliminated , that is a victory. Stalemate is not being able to kill him or do 3 times over the same moves . I can take the king in any way i want
Trying to play chess without knowing the rules isn't a particularly bright idea.
I have the following situation where you can see i have clearly won . The game registered it a draw . It was against a real player . I have clearly won because wherether the enemy king moves he is killed but it says it is a draw which is not . This is a bug because it misunderstood something , how to get it registered a win which it is.