Why is Stalemate a Draw

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dmankch

What is stalemate hackers 

ZinkBot

Nothing. Some people think stalemate is cheating. It is not.

st0ckfish

it is cheating. in real life, if the king were surrounded by enemy pieces, the result would not be a cease fire, or a draw, the king would fall.

Rodgy

the king would probably have a heart attack right?

ZinkBot

Not in chess.

st0ckfish

chess is life, so yes he would

ZinkBot

Yes, but a different life.

st0ckfish
ZinkBot wrote:

Yes, but a different life.

please describe that in more detail

SilverSwords13

I dont understand the topic, the position that was showed WAS a stalemate and draw if it was white to move, pls someone explain...

MysteriousExpert

i have a question, can you change your chess.com username more than once. I saw a post which said u may change it more than once by contacting chess.com

peterbrandt1000
why did hikaru not eat the Australian crackers???









































Because they were StAlEmAtE.
DinDin211
1e41-O wrote:

the sequel to the critically acclaimed "His Pawn Cheated and Killed My pawn"

Stalemate cheaters are EVERYWHERE

this is unacceptable

chess.com needs to fix this glitch and hack

I have reported all stalemate hackers I see and they will soon be banned, this is ridiculous i have been cheated out of half a point so many times by this stupid glitch.

Here is a recent example

i got this position in a 90 30 tournament game and the other guy says "it's a draw"

how ridiculous! even over the board people are hacking using the "stalemate" glitch

I tried arguing with him but the arbiter came over and said to be quieter! The government is trying to supress us!

Anti-stalematers and anti-ansoponters must rise up!

THIS IS DUMB! STALEMATE IS A DRAW, YOU CANT MOVE, IT CANT BE CHECKMATE! ARE YOU SAYING GMS ARE HACKERS, THEY STALEMATED BEFORE! IF YOU BAN ME, IT ONLY MEANS THAT YOU JUST DON'T WANT ME TO SAY WHAT IS TRUE!!!!! YOU DONT WANT PEOPLE TO PROVE YOU WRONG, YOU HAVE TOO MUCH PRIDE!

1e41-O

HACKER!

Ziryab
1e41-O wrote:

the sequel to the critically acclaimed "His Pawn Cheated and Killed My pawn"

Stalemate cheaters are EVERYWHERE

this is unacceptable

chess.com needs to fix this glitch and hack

I have reported all stalemate hackers I see and they will soon be banned, this is ridiculous i have been cheated out of half a point so many times by this stupid glitch.

Here is a recent example

i got this position in a 90 30 tournament game and the other guy says "it's a draw"

how ridiculous! even over the board people are hacking using the "stalemate" glitch

I tried arguing with him but the arbiter came over and said to be quieter! The government is trying to supress us!

Anti-stalematers and anti-ansoponters must rise up!

 

You obviously cheated, and your opponent made several illegal moves. This game is not a draw, it is a double-loss.

Srimurugan108

Amazing 

theutltl

HACKER

st0ckfish
redzippyquest wrote:

@1e41-O wait, isn't the first position you posted impossible? even if you got all your pawns promoted and kept your queen, you can only have 9 queens, maximum. in your example, I saw 29 queens! this isn't possible! I get the gist of what you're saying, but is that position even possible (not to mention realistic)?

dont argue with an NM

theutltl

does NOBODY KNOW THAT THIS FORUM IS A JOKE

2Nf31-0

hey its not a joke

mmoradi_87

LOL