is there a specific "ruleset" to determine a stalemate?

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GhostieBoyy
this has happened a LOT for me. im playing casually with some friends and ofc we are messing around trying to get 3+ Queens or something like that rather than just "ending the game." if you're gonna win, do it with style, right? 🤣 but I'm constantly "losing" games because they end up going to a stalemate, especially when I'm about 1 or two moves away from winning. most recent example: i had a queen at E5, a rook at F6, and a queen at G8. my friends king was at D7. the only move they had was to move the king to C7, i would move the queen from E5 up to E7 and it'd would be over. I win. its also worth mentioning my friend ONLY had a pawn and their king. I had 3 pawns, a knight, a rook, and 1 Queens as well as my king but instead it called a stalemate. i understand calling it when there are no moves left. but there were still alot of pieces on the board and still moves available so i ask, is there a specific set of rules/circumstances that causes it to end in a stalemate?
GM-BrilliantEmote

Stalemate happens when one player has no legal moves to play on their turn but they aren't in a check so its not checkmate. I'm not sure if I fully understand your question but those are the only conditions to a stalemate.