Draw by stalemate

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Avatar of Fried-egg-over-squeezy
I am yet another beginner who doesn't understand why stalemate results in a draw. I'm sure my gripes with stalemate would dissolve as I become more skilled. However, when a bot tricks me into a stalemate, why on EARTH can I not use my take back button to restart the scenario a few moves back? All I can do is look at the moves that were already played, which is valuable, but now I have to play an entire new game and hope we end up with a similar endgame position for me to get a hands-on self-administered lesson on how to not have smug rules imposed on me by a robot. Everyone who says draw by stalemate makes the game better is a much better chess player than me, so I take their word for it. But, I have a hard time actually believing it because so far no one can articulate exactly why it's better. I have no particular goal with this post. Just want to see what people think of my take
Avatar of Fet
It is good because even when you are winning you have to look out and be careful, and the losing player has a chance. A good way to avoid it is asking yourself: "Can my opponent move after I make this move?" If no, then choose another move.
Avatar of MariasWhiteKnight

Yeah that is a VERY VERY common posting on this forum.

Please dont expect me to debate this AGAIN. Its a fruitless discussion.

Stalemate offers you an escape when the situation is dire. The chess rules havent been changed since 1880, when en passant became part of the official rule; it was of course already used by many before since the 16. century.

While you're at it, please look up en passant, too. Another very popular topic.

Its like this:

Avatar of Sightigh
You don’t really have to understand why a stalemate results in a draw you just have to know how it works.

Also the problem with taking your moves back in a bot match is happening because once the game ends (checkmate, stalemate, etc.) you can’t go back