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I belive FIDE as well as the USCF uses the 50 move rule. If there has been no capture or pawn move after 50 moves, the games can be declared a draw.
Aug 16, 2007
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#3
I'm lost on this one. There were no 5o moves and even the opponent commented the game was mine, what did I do wrong?
Aug 16, 2007
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#4
you stalemated him :) meaning, it is white to move and he doen't have any safe squares!
http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=22937
Aug 16, 2007
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#5
erik wrote:
you stalemated him :) meaning, it is white to move and he doen't have any safe squares!
Pardon my lack of understanding for the game,but,why then did I not win? he was in checkmate,no?
Thanks for your response as I am learning and was having *fun* beating this perticular opponent!
Aug 16, 2007
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#6
Okay, I now understand how this works. That's part of why I'm here. Thanks lostapiece!
He doesn't have any moves...and he's not in check..so that's stalemate and a draw.
Aug 16, 2007
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#8
Here is a good source for learning about the stalemate rule:
http://www.chessville.com/instruction/instr_begin_rules_stalemate.htm
"If either player on the move has no legal move, but their king is not in check, then the situation is called “stalemate.” A stalemate is an immediate draw."
Aug 17, 2007
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#9
Given the situation I had, I will not be letting that happen again,errr...
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I know what a draw is and just had my first game declaired one due to stale mate. How that is I do not as I had a check mate,clearly. However I was piddling around chaseing the King who was alone on the board. Is there a detrmined amount of moves a player must make to avoid this?
Hope that makes sense, I was kinda choked about it but need to understand, oh, the learning process...