these are the scenarios where a game can end in a draw. Stalemate - when player doesn't have legal move to play in his/her turn, and the king is not in check. Threefold repetition - when the same position occurs 3 times (you might also hear about "perpetual check" which usually leads to threefold repetition by forcing the king to keep repeating moves.) Insufficient material - when both player doesn't have enough material to deliver a checkmate (example: king vs king /king vs king + a bishop / king vs king + a knight) and no pawns left that can be promoted.. Insufficient material vs time - when a player runs out of time but their opponent doesn't have enough material to deliver a checkmate then its a draw... example: you have a king and your opponent has king and a rook, if your opponent runs out of time then its a draw! because you don't have sufficient material to checkmate him. draw by agreement - by offering or by accepting a draw offer..
Forced draw too early or for no reason
go back to your last game. its a draw because you trapped your opponent's king and has no legal move to play.
The recent game I had - 2 queens, a couple of pawns and a bishop... I was about to checkmate with the 2 queens before being stopped by an automatic draw, I understand that's the intent of the auto draw system but that's twice it hasn't worked with that intention.
It's a stalemate, a draw because your opponent has no legal moves but is not in check - something you have to learn to avoid when you are 'about to checkmate'.
The recent game I had - 2 queens, a couple of pawns and a bishop... I was about to checkmate with the 2 queens before being stopped by an automatic draw, I understand that's the intent of the auto draw system but that's twice it hasn't worked with that intention.
The game was a stalemate.
Learning the most basic rules of the game is essential, you can't really play chess without that. It's not too late, just google "stalemate".
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Hello just wanted to post that I've just had my 2nd or 3rd game where I was going to get a guaranteed checkmate on my opponent online and the site declared a draw. My guess is that it was from repeated similar moves from the opponent king on both games (they were retreating in both cases) but I was literally 1 move off from a checkmate and had to settle for an undeserved draw?? Can this please be tuned or adjusted so these occurrences don't occur going forward.