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Chessflyfisher
renansouzones wrote:

But that happened because I left him without any more pieces left rather than the king, shouldn't it count as a Checkmate? It's so unfair to lose with that huge advantage!

Listen, grasshopper, those are the rules. Get used to it.

albusbluderdore
Stalemate-If the king is not in check, and the opponent has no legal moves, (pieces, pawns, and/or king) It’s counted as a draw, sry, GG, RIP
magipi
vinaygore wrote:
Stalemate-If the king is not in check, and the opponent has no legal moves, (pieces, pawns, and/or king) It’s counted as a draw, sry, GG, RIP

You are 4 years late.

albusbluderdore
Idk
albusbluderdore
I mean idc
iCvBi
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DrSpudnik
iCvBi wrote:
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When we reach the posting of periods, it's time to lock the thread.

KieferSmith
renansouzones wrote:

But that happened because I left him without any more pieces left rather than the king, shouldn't it count as a Checkmate? It's so unfair to lose with that huge advantage!

Just learn the rules of chess before you take to the forums to comlain and make a comlete fool of yourself.

KieferSmith
DrSpudnik wrote:
iCvBi wrote:
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When we reach the posting of periods, it's time to lock the thread.

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manekapa
ThunderBones wrote:

I had a Queens king and Castle left, my opponent had a king left, he made 4 consecutive same movement, I was going to go in for the kill and then…it was a draw😵‍💫

Might have been a draw by threefold repetition. Can you post a link to the game?

putshort
Stalemates are so funny 😂
Thepasswordis1234

if you don't like the stalemate rule, just quit chess! its not that hard for a 500ELO

KieferSmith
Thepasswordis1234 wrote:

if you don't like the stalemate rule, just quit chess! its not that hard for a 500ELO

I think he did...

chukn123

I’ve gotten stalemates when my opponent can still make moves before one move away from checkmate, not sure if that’s the entire rule behind stalemate

VenemousViper
renansouzones wrote:

I'm a new player and don't know much about chess rules, but the last game I played (image below) I left the other player only with his king and it was marked as a Draw. Why is that? Wasn't I supposed to be the winner, since I had many forms to Checkmate him?

This is a stalemate. Your opponent has no leagl moves.

magipi
EnPassantAvalanche wrote:
renansouzones wrote:

I'm a new player and don't know much about chess rules, but the last game I played (image below) I left the other player only with his king and it was marked as a Draw. Why is that? Wasn't I supposed to be the winner, since I had many forms to Checkmate him?

This is a stalemate. Your opponent has no leagl moves.

Aren't you a bit late? A dozen guys have already pointed this out, more than 6 years ago.

magipi
chukn123 wrote:

I’ve gotten stalemates when my opponent can still make moves before one move away from checkmate, not sure if that’s the entire rule behind stalemate

That's not possible. Show an example.

chukn123
magipi wrote:
chukn123 wrote:

I’ve gotten stalemates when my opponent can still make moves before one move away from checkmate, not sure if that’s the entire rule behind stalemate

That's not possible. Show an example.

I may be misremembering something about the board state I thought of sorry

V_Awful_Chess
chukn123 wrote:

I’ve gotten stalemates when my opponent can still make moves before one move away from checkmate, not sure if that’s the entire rule behind stalemate

Do you mean a stalemate or a draw?

A stalemate is a type of draw, but it is not the only type of draw.

If it was a stalemate specifically, it might be the piece you thought could move was pinned.

CheeseBoardSquare

At a low level, the possibility of stalemate should motivate a player to continue a game even if it's completely hopeless in terms of material, because the chance of it happening is real (making a stalemate with such an advantage is a blunder, but blunders happen all the time at that level).

Of course, when players reach a certain level, they don't even finish the game until checkmate, when the outcome becomes certain, assuming that they know how to checkmate.