It makes no sense penalizing a player because his/her opponent can't move. That's not my fault.
Yes, it is. You are the one who chose the move that established a stalemate. You could have chosen a winning move instead.
I was playing and he had his king and I had all my pieces. I was trying to corner him and get my pieces out. When it said draw even though he would have lost. It is making unnecessary assumptions to make draws. It should just let an option of letting the game going instead of just saying a draw. They should at least get a option for no draws. This is what the fairest thing that I would feel is done.
I was playing and he had his king and I had all my pieces. I was trying to corner him and get my pieces out. When it said draw even though he would have lost. It is making unnecessary assumptions to make draws. It should just let an option of letting the game going instead of just saying a draw. They should at least get a option for no draws. This is what the fairest thing that I would feel is done.
Sounds like you stalemated your opponent. Most stalemates are because the stalemating player wasn't playing carefully enough and likely missed options to convert quickly.
https://support.chess.com/article/682-what-is-stalemate
It most likely it is but they should only sometimes instead of always putting stalemates. I agree that sometimes stalemates are important but this is not the first and most likely wont be the last.
Way to bring back dead forums, especially since the poster closed their account.
How do you know someone deleted their account.
But I am tired of dominating my opponent, only to have it end up in a draw because he/she has no other moves left.
What you mean is stalemate.
The rules of Chinese Chess are opposite of Western Chess. If you don't like one, you can play the other, vice versa, or both.
Stalemate in Chinese Chess is a win.
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It sounds like something out of Science Fiction, something out of Star Trek. There is an alternate universe. But it is real.
Chaturanga has 2 descendants. Western Chess and Chinese Chess. The rules are opposite. What you don't like in one you will like in the other and vice versa.
@GQManOfTheCentury
There is an alternate universe. But it is real.
I've always seen McDonald's all my life.
Now that I live near a Burger King, it seems un-real. It seems like I'm living in an alternate universe!
Hmm,
Pondering.
Chess has taught me another lesson.
Different countries have different customs and rules. It is an alternate way of doing things. It is not "the wrong way", from our perspective.
You've got to get rid of draws or provide an option to do away with them. It makes no sense penalizing a player because his/her opponent can't move. That's not my fault. When it comes to draws of repetition, I don't have a problem with keeping those still in the game because otherwise, you could have a 10-15 minute game where both players make the same back and forth moves. But I am tired of dominating my opponent, only to have it end up in a draw because he/she has no other moves left. This has happened too often with me. If it was a rare occurrence, I wouldn't be bothered as much. Out of 1,000 games played, I would say, it's happened about 50-100 times. Just a few games ago, a king sandwiched himself between my pawn and the end of the board to prevent my pawn from leveling up. It ended up with a draw.
--- And the genius has left us lol.
Hold on, let me ask you this. Would your rather lose, or semi win. That is a draw
I was playing and he had his king and I had all my pieces. I was trying to corner him and get my pieces out. When it said draw even though he would have lost. It is making unnecessary assumptions to make draws. It should just let an option of letting the game going instead of just saying a draw. They should at least get a option for no draws. This is what the fairest thing that I would feel is done.
Sounds like you stalemated your opponent. Most stalemates are because the stalemating player wasn't playing carefully enough and likely missed options to convert quickly.
you are 2 years late.
Play with draw odds. Decrease three-fold repetition to two-fold repetition, and 50 move rule to 25 move rule will help.
You've got to get rid of draws or provide an option to do away with them. It makes no sense penalizing a player because his/her opponent can't move. That's not my fault. When it comes to draws of repetition, I don't have a problem with keeping those still in the game because otherwise, you could have a 10-15 minute game where both players make the same back and forth moves. But I am tired of dominating my opponent, only to have it end up in a draw because he/she has no other moves left. This has happened too often with me. If it was a rare occurrence, I wouldn't be bothered as much. Out of 1,000 games played, I would say, it's happened about 50-100 times. Just a few games ago, a king sandwiched himself between my pawn and the end of the board to prevent my pawn from leveling up. It ended up with a draw.