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my games keep ending in a draw, and i don’t rlly get why. every time it looks like i’m ahead and can finish the other player off, the game tells me it’s a stalemate. what am i missing?
i wanna add an example screenshot but idk how to add a picture
gabagoober wrote:
my games keep ending in a draw, and i don’t rlly get why. every time it looks like i’m ahead and can finish the other player off, the game tells me it’s a stalemate. what am i missing?
I had this happen to me a lot too.
"Stalemate is a kind of draw that happens when one side has NO legal moves to make. If the king is NOT in check, but no piece can be moved "
So even if you have a lot more pieces and appear to be winning, it can end in a draw stalemate because your opponent has no legal moves to make.
This tends to happen a lot if you promote too many pawns to queens, instead you should try a rook or castle
Here is a good example of a stalemate. Even though white seems to be winning by a lot, its a draw by stalemate because black cannot make any legal moves, and is also not in check
gabagoober wrote:
my games keep ending in a draw, and i don’t rlly get why. every time it looks like i’m ahead and can finish the other player off, the game tells me it’s a stalemate. what am i missing?
At least on your account at the time of writing, you have zero games played. Only three puzzles attempted and that's about how far your games record goes.