Why is this stalemate and not checkmate????

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Avatar of Yellow-Guy619

The king has no viable spaces in which he may move, so why is this not a win??

Avatar of DonThe2nd

The king has no squares but he is not in check, that makes it a stalemate.

When you have two queens the surest way to get checkmate is to use the "staircase" method, checking the king with one queen while blocking the adjacent row with the second queen (but make sure you don't leave your queen en prise!) That forces the king to the edge of the board and you get an easy full point.

Avatar of Yellow-Guy619

ohhhhh that makes sense. Thank you! : )

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