Its called calculus.
How do i stop being so worried about stalemate while being a queen up and opponent's king is naked ?
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Exactly. It’s not like you move your queen around randomly hoping for checkmate. You need to be deliberate and always make sure you don’t inflict stalemate, there’s just no other way to put it. Ask yourself where you are trying to push the king and where it will move in response to your move. The good news is that it’s not that hard! Practice Q vs K endgames and you soon have it down
Shock_Me wrote:
Exactly. It’s not like you move your queen around randomly hoping for checkmate. You need to be deliberate and always make sure you don’t inflict stalemate, there’s just no other way to put it. Ask yourself where you are trying to push the king and where it will move in response to your move. The good news is that it’s not that hard! Practice Q vs K endgames and you soon have it down
okay
Give the King a robe, at least let him die with dignity! 
Sep 6, 2018
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I am not saying this is the best method, or the fastest. Its just something easy to remember.
Sep 6, 2018
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I don't think it's possible to stalemate the K in a K+Q v K ending unless the weaker side's King is on the edge of the board - so you shouldn't need to start worrying until you've driven the King to the edge. Then you just need to double check before you make your move that he'll have a square to go to if you're not giving check.
Dont worry dear friend. As you improve you will not even think about checking for stalemate, your powerful mind will check it automatically. Its just like passing someone that is going 10 miles per hour on the left lane, you flip them when you pass them without thinking.
IMBacon wrote:
I am not saying this is the best method, or the fastest. Its just something easy to remember.
thank you sir this works like a charm
BigDoggProblem wrote:
Give the King a robe, at least let him die with dignity!
he he it took me a little while to understand joke but lol :')
NichtGut wrote:
Dont worry dear friend. As you improve you will not even think about checking for stalemate, your powerful mind will check it automatically. Its just like passing someone that is going 10 miles per hour on the left lane, you flip them when you pass them without thinking.
he he he :') awesome analogy
DeirdreSkye wrote:
You do things a little complicated. When I was a beginner I had the same problem. The solution was easy.
Treat the queen like it is a rook.
What's the basic mating position with th rook?
In all cases the enemy king has to be on an edge file or rank and your king opposite.
Now let's see the basic stalemate position with the queen
The enemy king on the corner and the queen in either of the 2 squares that form a knight move(if you replace the king with a knight , then the 2 squares the "ghost knight" could move are the stalemate squares). This is what you need to avoid.
So here is what to do , the easy way.
thank you for the vast knowledge and also thank you for showing some stalemate position and to avoid them
Sep 6, 2018
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Practice mating with a rook. The final step for a queen chekmate can be like a rook mate you just have to make sure when you move your queen to give only one file or rank to the king that he has at least 2 squares.
Beesides calculating that you aren't stalemating your opponent, which is rather easy, you could always ensure that all your moves are check. That way there is no fear of any stale#.
batgirl wrote:
Look at it this way, you've avoided stalemate but achieved snailmate.
snailmate ??? :') :') :')(i actually searched the term snailmate Lol)
yes i have practiced endgames against computer, but still i have fear all the time while playing against my opponent . is there any rule i am missing in stalemate ?like i didn't know the blind spot of knights which is 2 squares in diagonal to your piece btw if you don't know(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Pt_MHgqY4) . is there any rule i am missing to avoid stalemate.
you can see from step 57 how hesitant i am about stalemate