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If you play the game, you realise this ends up in stalemate.

by nippoo 7mo ago

Fabricio20 7mo ago
I'm not very good at chess, but I dont get why most things are considered a stalemate? I strategically remove all pieces of the enemy, leaving only the king against my rook/tower whatever its called, the king has nowhere to run. In my eyes it's a checkmate. The game just calls it a stalemate. Would be a stalemate if I couldn't do anything, but I can kill the enemy king.
- al_borland 7mo ago
  It's a stalemate because while the king can't move, he isn't under active attack. There is nowhere he can legally move, but he's safe where he's at.
  - jandrese 7mo ago
    That rule caught me up too. In regular chess if it is your opponents turn and their only pieces are a king in the 1,8 square and a pawn that is pressed up against one of your pawns and you have rooks in the 2,1 and 8,7 squares that counts as a victory does it not?
    - School-Cotton 7mo ago
      No. That is a draw assuming it is the player with only a king’s turn to move. Translating your notation to normal chess notation: White king on h1, black rooks on a2 and g8, black king in some random other place, white to move. That is a draw, because white is NOT in check, but has no legal moves. That scenario is called stalemate. If white were in check, it would be checkmate and a win for black. Set it up on any chess analysis board website and it will say the game is a draw.
  - tshaddox 7mo ago
    But why? That feels like a victory.
    - asibahi 7mo ago
      Because that’s the rule. There doesn’t have to be a rational reason.
      - lamasery 7mo ago
        ... and if it weren't the rule, it'd make a lot of mid- and late-game play much safer for the player with the advantage. As it is, it's something they have to watch out for, which constrains them somewhat. You have to win, but not the wrong way, and your opponent can attempt to force you to "win" the "wrong way" (resulting in a stalemate).
- rokkamokka 7mo ago
  There is an explanation further down. A stalemate is if the enemy has no valid loves and is not in check

If you play the game, you realise this ends up in stalemate.

by nippoo 7mo ago

If you play the game, you realise this ends up in stalemate.

I'm not very good at chess, but I dont get why most things are considered a stalemate? I strategically remove all pieces of the enemy, leaving only the king against my rook/tower whatever its called, the king has nowhere to run. In my eyes it's a checkmate. The game just calls it a stalemate. Would be a stalemate if I couldn't do anything, but I can kill the enemy king.

al_borland 7mo ago
It's a stalemate because while the king can't move, he isn't under active attack. There is nowhere he can legally move, but he's safe where he's at.
- jandrese 7mo ago
  That rule caught me up too. In regular chess if it is your opponents turn and their only pieces are a king in the 1,8 square and a pawn that is pressed up against one of your pawns and you have rooks in the 2,1 and 8,7 squares that counts as a victory does it not?
  - School-Cotton 7mo ago
    No. That is a draw assuming it is the player with only a king’s turn to move. Translating your notation to normal chess notation: White king on h1, black rooks on a2 and g8, black king in some random other place, white to move. That is a draw, because white is NOT in check, but has no legal moves. That scenario is called stalemate. If white were in check, it would be checkmate and a win for black. Set it up on any chess analysis board website and it will say the game is a draw.
- tshaddox 7mo ago
  But why? That feels like a victory.
  - asibahi 7mo ago
    Because that’s the rule. There doesn’t have to be a rational reason.
    - lamasery 7mo ago
      ... and if it weren't the rule, it'd make a lot of mid- and late-game play much safer for the player with the advantage. As it is, it's something they have to watch out for, which constrains them somewhat. You have to win, but not the wrong way, and your opponent can attempt to force you to "win" the "wrong way" (resulting in a stalemate).
rokkamokka 7mo ago
There is an explanation further down. A stalemate is if the enemy has no valid loves and is not in check