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magipi
May 15, 2025
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#21
Mysteriosovich wrote:

I also think that 'draw' is a dumb rule. When you deprive your opponent of all possible moves that should automatically be a victory. You can call it "victory through deprivation" (or whatever) or "victory through checkmate"

You should look up the meaning of these terms: "checkmate", "stalemate", "draw". None of these mean what you think they mean.

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GangTsar
May 15, 2025
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magipi wrote:

You should look up the meaning of these terms: "checkmate", "stalemate", "draw". None of these mean what you think they mean.
 I meant 'draw through stalemate' instead when I said it is as a dumb rule. if you both only have kings left then 'draw' is OK.

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ThrillerFan
May 15, 2025
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#23

Draws are not dumb. Some draws are actually quite humorous, like the one I had last night over the board:

Now keep in mind, both players are low on time by move 40 - White under a minute, Black under 2 minutes, with only a 10 second increment, so no claim that this game was clean by any stretch - just humorous.

Not all draws are due to incompetent ones stalemating with 50 extra pieces!