But....
The Black King cannot be compelled to play an illegal move. The game is drawn by way of Stalemate.
p.p.s. You had plenty with just the King and Rook, the extra Queen was unnecessary.
p.s. Here's a blitz game where I constantly flirt with stalemate (just having fun 
) but eventually mate the King:
The game is drawn by stalemate. The black king has no legal move but isn't in check, so it's stalemate and a draw. Check out Wikipedia's article on the stalemate rule, it's very important that you know about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate
Please, please, let's not have another "abolish stalemate!" thread.
And in that game, I'm wondering why Rxa1 was played when Ra8 would have resulted in checkmate.
But....
The Black King cannot be compelled to play an illegal move. The game is drawn by way of Stalemate.
p.p.s. You had plenty with just the King and Rook, the extra Queen was unnecessary.
p.s. Here's a blitz game where I constantly flirt with stalemate (just having fun ) but eventually mate the King:
Thanks for the reply. I understand.
Please, please, let's not have another "abolish stalemate!" thread.
And in that game, I'm wondering why Rxa1 was played when Ra8 would have resulted in checkmate.
DAMN!!! I see that now. I wasn't thinking. Thanks for that.
I wondered that too, but figured maybe they accidentally clicked on the wrong icon.
I wondered that too, but figured maybe they accidentally clicked on the wrong icon.
Curses! 
Surely it should be a win because there is nowhere for the king to move without being captured.
http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=183644029