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The stalemate rule is dumb and needs more revision. It should be considered a war crime.
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Mar 9, 2025
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I saw the game against GhanaGuy1. He had 8.5 seconds left and you had 1 minute and 20 seconds left. You spent 3 seconds on that move. Maybe if you stop and think a bit more, you can easily avoid stalemates.
Mar 9, 2025
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RookRoller7 wrote:
I saw the game against GhanaGuy1. He had 8.5 seconds left and you had 1 minute and 20 seconds left. You spent 3 seconds on that move. Maybe if you stop and think a bit more, you can easily avoid stalemates.
Sure, but that's not the point. The point is it's very dumb for me to get 0 points for 99% beating someone.
The rule is simply that you have to mate someone instead of allowing stalemate. Sometimes we fail in the heat of the moment. We have all been there.
Mar 9, 2025
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The flippant use of 'war crime' is both ignorant and offensive. Perhaps you should read up on the meaning and look at the news once in a while.
we shouldn’t change a rule cuz ur mad u stalemated someone
If anything, I'd rather they went back to the old British rule where the stalemating party loses.
Because it would be funny.
I get this thread was supposed to be funny, but really its just thread #1,283,381 about that stalemate should not be a draw.
And yes historically stalemate was at one time a loss for the party that made the last move.
Mar 9, 2025
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Just don’t be an idiot and stalemate people when you’re winning. If you’re that stupid you don’t deserve the points from winning
Mar 9, 2025
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MariasWhiteKnight wrote:
I get this thread was supposed to be funny, but really its just thread #1,283,381 about that stalemate should not be a draw.
And yes historically stalemate was at one time a loss for the party that made the last move.
Maybe the fact that this is such a wide complaint should push for a revision of the rules, have you ever tried to think about that?
It's extremely stupid to award zero points to a player who is objectively winning because of lack of legal moves from their opponent. I understand it's the rules, but that's the point. This rule is dumb. At least award some points.
The fact that it's changed once means it can change again for the better.
Mar 9, 2025
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xtreme2020 wrote:
Just don’t be an idiot and stalemate people when you’re winning. If you’re that stupid you don’t deserve the points from winning
https://www.chess.com/game/live/123583835840?username=xtreme2020&move=1
Says the idiot up a stunning 14 points and somehow fumbles the win still. You should refrain from posting ever again after a showcase of such a low IQ.
Obviously, the OP has been here before. His account was just created to rage about this nonsense. And yes, "The flippant use of 'war crime' is both ignorant and offensive". 
Mar 9, 2025
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RonaldJosephCote wrote:
Obviously, the OP has been here before. His account was just created to rage about this nonsense. And yes, "The flippant use of 'war crime' is both ignorant and offensive".
Yes, my account with 500+ games was JUST created to rage about this nonsense. You're right.
I think a bigger war crime was your mother drinking too much before giving birth. It's clearly caused some permanent damage.
Nice to see that a simple game of chess gets you THIS riled up. Can't imagine what you would do under pressure. 
Mar 9, 2025
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RonaldJosephCote wrote:
Nice to see that a simple game of chess gets you THIS riled up. Can't imagine what you would do under pressure.
Let's meet OTB and maybe you'll find out.
Mar 9, 2025
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Chess is about using your brain. About being cautious. About always having your guard up and always looking for things that could happen even when you’re winning. Stalemate exist because some people don’t know how to checkmate, and if you don’t know how to checkmate you shouldn’t get the win. Maybe you wouldn’t hate the rule as much if you would learn how to checkmate
You know most people would analyze their own moves to find out how THEY made the mistake of stalemate. But not you, your a different animal aren't you? Whenever people RAGE about anything, its ALWAYS somebody else's fault.
Mar 9, 2025
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Abtectous wrote:
Chess is about using your brain. About being cautious. About always having your guard up and always looking for things that could happen even when you’re winning. Stalemate exist because some people don’t know how to checkmate, and if you don’t know how to checkmate you shouldn’t get the win. Maybe you wouldn’t hate the rule as much if you would learn how to checkmate
in total endgames where there are too many pieces on the board and the opponent has only a king, it's easy to accidentally step on a square without checking them and get into a stalemate.
I know how to checkmate. It's a dumb rule that needs to be changed. The opponent has effectively lost.
Stalemate should be revised and divided into two variations. This is 2025, we have quantum computers. We should be able to get a computer to tell if it's an accidental stalemate or not. If one player is up by like 500000 points and the other player has a [removed -- MS] king and is running around the board trying to draw because he is a loser and can't resign imo first of all the player who won't resign should be permanently banned and sentenced to 50 years in prison and also the points should all go to the player up material and it should be tripled and deducted from the sore loser. It's not realistic to allow players who clearly lost to win by technicality like this it's not fair. There are situations where stalemate should be applied but this needs to be revised. Why should I be checking and double checking all my moves in difficult checkmate positions when I fought hard and wiped the floor with the other guy? I've won already he is just running the clock down and doesn't have self respect so he won't resign. I drew by stalemate against a guy with 1 second left. I beat him and he knows it I don't care what the app says. Stalemate was created for [removed ] who can't click resign when they got beat. Simple. No legal moves? Game should auto end and points should go to THE PERSON CLEARLY WINNING.