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Stalemate Should Stay !
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Who is this Matt Bishop and how does he get the privelege to publish rubbish on the Chessbase website? http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8302
I too am a nobody, and I would like to be able to publish an article about eradicating all the white squares on the chessboard, and turn them green instead.
If there were stalemate was removed what would happen?
So the king is forced to move to an illegal square where he would be captured?
Well that is the same thing as zugzwang.
Wait a minute who's move is it?
electricpawn wrote:
Change the stalemate rule? What temerity! What insolence! What foolhardiness! What perversity! What insubordination! What an iconoclastic suggestion! Rebellion! The lunatics are taking over the asylum! We're all headed down the rabbit hole! Deviant suggestions! Vainglorious buffoons! Luddites! Bolsheviks!
I rolled over the floor with your post XD
Estragon wrote:
BlessedStar wrote:
If there were stalemate was removed what would happen?
So the king is forced to move to an illegal square where he would be captured?
Well that is the same thing as zugzwang.
Wait a minute who's move is it?
It must be Black to move, his last move was g6-g5+ and White played Kh4-h5. Otherwise, if it were White to move, what was Black's last move?
Are you sure?
ou SURE?
Estragon wrote:
BlessedStar wrote:
If there were stalemate was removed what would happen?
So the king is forced to move to an illegal square where he would be captured?
Well that is the same thing as zugzwang.
Wait a minute who's move is it?
It must be Black to move, his last move was g6-g5+ and White played Kh4-h5. Otherwise, if it were White to move, what was Black's last move?
d6? Maybe as a response to c6.
EDIT: Didn't see above, honest 
Scottrf wrote:
Estragon wrote:
BlessedStar wrote:
If there were stalemate was removed what would happen?
So the king is forced to move to an illegal square where he would be captured?
Well that is the same thing as zugzwang.
Wait a minute who's move is it?
It must be Black to move, his last move was g6-g5+ and White played Kh4-h5. Otherwise, if it were White to move, what was Black's last move?
d6? Maybe as a response to c6.
EDIT: Didn't see above, honest
True. And to add to that black must be an idiot not to take the pawn
The idea I like best is for a stalemate to count as a .75 win.
EDIT: Nevermind, my reply didn't really make sense.
Jebroni wrote:
Who is this Matt Bishop and how does he get the privelege to publish rubbish on the Chessbase website? http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8302
I too am a nobody, and I would like to be able to publish an article about eradicating all the white squares on the chessboard, and turn them green instead.
I also never thought I would find such a topic on ChessBase?
msjenned: I know right?!
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electricpawn wrote:
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Let me help ya' with that:
...zugzwang...sounds like my last affair...
What do u mean stay,This stupid rule was invented by stupid people who murdered the real chess.
If there were no stalemates, then by definition there wouldn't be draws :P
BorgQueen wrote:
Last_Sire03 wrote:
If there were no stalemates, then by definition there wouldn't be draws :P
Hardly. Draw by insufficient material, agreement or repetition are valid draws and have nothing to do with stalemate.
Actually draw by insufficient material often does have something to do with stalemate. Draw by repetition and agreement can have something to do with stalemate. It is safe to say that without the stalemate rule there would be a lot less draws, which some of us think would be a good thing.
No! I like it when people utilise a wide vocabulary! Let him expatiate!
BorgQueen: kudos on your humility :) Anyway, it's often quite easy to get provoked or drawn into an argument on forums; the web is full of people who would drive you absolutely bonkers if given the time!