White had 3.9 seconds to find the mate in two. Instead, he stalemated me.
MOST STUPID RULE : STALEMATE
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I'll see the stalemates in those positions but when under 4 seconds that's when I accidentally refresh the page while up 2 queens, a rook, knight, and 3 pawns, and lose on time cause he still has 2 pawns! Especially after missing like 5 mates in 2s before ending up in that situation..
How many times do I have to say this..stalemate does not mean the king could be captured the next move or is in any danger at all.
You may have to say it as long as there are beginners at chess. They often assume that if the king cannot move, it must be attacked or threatened in some way. They sometimes have a hard time visualizing the king being perfectly safe AND not being able to move.
I've lost track of how many times beginners have said in the endgame that their kings cannot move so it is a stalemate. When I point out that they have other pieced they can move they say that their coach taught them the rules and have said that if the king cannot move then it is stalemate regardless of whether or not other pieces can move, and they are very firm and definite in that statement. I then point to a board set up in the starting position and ask them if either king can move, ask them whether or not the starting position is stalemate, and then ask them to explain why the starting position is not stalemate.