Questions tagged [stalemate]
A chess game is said to end in stalemate when the player to move has no legal move and his king is not in check.
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During the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era, what was the rule for stalemate in France?
Wikipedia has a stalemate history section, but for France it only says:
The forfeiture of Black's turn to move (medieval France) (Murray 1913:464–66) (Davidson 1981:64–65), although other medieval ...
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Can black get a stalemate?
Can Black somehow get a stalemate against the White King-Queen combination or should he try to save his pawn as long as he can?
8/8/5K2/4Q3/4p3/3k4/8/8 b - - 0 1
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What happens if you move your king on stalemate?
Let's say the following happens during a blitz match:
White makes a move, resulting in stalemate
Black doesn't notice the stalemate and moves the king into an illegal position.
Usually illegal moves ...
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Stalemate or checkmate?
I have a rook, a queen and my king while my opponent has only 2 pawns and a king left.
The situation is complicated because they cannot move anything, except for a single pawn move. But if they move ...
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Instead of giving checkmate, I gave stalemate. Why?
I am a beginner, and I have just discovered this annoying stalemate. I got the definition but while playing, I ended up with a stalemate and I don't know why. Could you explain it to me?
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How is this position a draw?
I played against a bot as a White and had this position. The computer claimed that it's a draw.
[FEN "2Q/k/3QP/8/3K/8/8/1N - - - 0 1"]
I thought it would be a checkmate because wherever the Black ...
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What is the longest known stalemate your opponent in x-moves problem?
What is the longest known stalemate your opponent in x-moves problem where the given stalemate is the fastest one from the initial position? A win is not possible, but stalemating your opponent so ...
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Is there a proper way to indicate "stalemate" on your scoresheet?
Yesterday, after squandering a win, I played on until stalemate (actually, I offered a draw, but my opponent isn't a native English speaker, so I don't think she understood; in a few more plies we hit ...
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Was this considered a stalemate?
I'm new at chess and still learning the rules. The other day I was playing a friend of mine, and it got to the point where I had only my king and queen and he had only his king and bishop. I forgot ...
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Why go for stalemate here?
In a Daily Puzzle of the Chess.com app, playing as white the solution to the puzzle was as follows:
[Title ""]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p1Q3bk/P2N2p1/5p1p/7P/6q1/8/7K w - - 0 1&...
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If the king is blocked is it checkmate? [duplicate]
If the king is alone and it is blocked is it checkmate? And opponent has blocked with the king and pawn and he did not keep check if we move means that it is check.
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When en passant is the only legal move
Consider the following position:
8/7p/5K1k/8/7p/7P/5PP1/8 w - - 0 1
1. g4 hxg3
In the above postion, White plays g2-g4. The only legal move is hxg3, en passant. I heard someone say that since the en ...
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Can a King and a Knight force stalemate against a lone King?
I believe that a King and two Knights are able to force stalemate against a lone King (though obviously not checkmate)... but what about a King and one Knight against a lone King?
I first thought ...
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Patt undecided?
I am very new to chess, and I fear that this question is very stupid.
I played this game in "easy" mode, and I destroyed a lot of pieces of the counter party.
Now, I wanted to destroy their king. ...
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Situations of underpromoting the pawn
I recently came across a wonderful article on Chess.com about under promotion of pawns. One of the situations is here:
[FEN "8/8/1KP5/3r4/8/8/8/k7 w - - 0 1"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[White "Saavedra, ...
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It's not check but the next move is checkmate [duplicate]
I have 5 pieces left and my opponent only has his king. It is my opponent's turn and his king is not in check but everywhere his king moves is checkmate. Who wins?
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Complete game Troitzky-Vogt?
The Wikipedia on stalemate shows a position where Vogt became victim of a diabolic stalemate trap set by Troitzky.
[Title "Troitzky-Vogt"]
[FEN "2kr4/1ppb1pp1/1b4r1/pP2p3/P3P3/5qN1/2Q2P1P/2R1B1KR w - ...
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Looking for the complete game Sibilio-Mariotti, Ravenna 1982
Tim Krabbe shows this game on his record site.
[Title "Sibilio-Mariotti, Ravenna 1982"]
[FEN "5k2/1p4pp/4p3/3pP1q1/3P4/7K/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
The game has a stalemate after only 27 moves. I would like ...
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Only the king remains, but he is stuck, can't move [duplicate]
I played with my friend yesterday, and we reached a point when I cornered him from everywhere. I had a queen and a king, and he had only his king left, but he could not do any move because any move ...
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Stalemating the opponent in order to not lose [closed]
There are some defensive ideas to get one's own king stalemated in order to not lose the game (mostly in the endgame, but sometimes also in the middle game).
Have (master) games been played where the ...
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About stalemates and how to cause one
Are their possible positions where the 'white' side is losing but the person is in a situation where they can force a stalemate? Are there chess positions one can 'look out for' to enable one to ...
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Is this a checkmate for White?
[FEN "8/3RkQ2/3B4/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
Is there a way out for Black?
My son and I finished this way (only the relevant parts of the position are shown in the diagram), but reading about stalemates ...
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What are the minimum required pieces for checkmate in 3d chess?
Assuming the rules of millennium 3d chess, what are the minimum required pieces for checkmate?
I realize this is an extremely difficult question, but in regular (2-dimensional) chess, we have rules ...
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Tricks to force stalemate? [closed]
When playing against a novice player, how can you attempt to force stalemate (please don't ask how you would get there against a novice player)
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What's a good explanation for stalemate being a draw for a beginning chess player?
I've started playing chess a little more using an app on my phone, and frequently run into the situation where I'm dominating the computer opponent (on an easy difficulty level) to the point where he ...
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What are good strategies or principles to prolonging the first stage of a game?
Is there a particular strategy or principle you can use to drag out the first stage of a game, namely, to preserve all your pieces as long as possible.
One way I can imagine this being useful, if ...
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Is it technically a checkmate if the king is not in check, but all moves will result in check?
In other words, after white's move, black king is not in check. It is now black's move, but any move that black could make results in check. Is this a checkmate? Is there a chess term for this ...
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Is it possible to have a double self-smothered stalemate?
I came up with this rather amusing and bizarre stalemate where Black stalemates itself by self-smothering.
[FEN "8/8/8/8/8/3p4/pp6/krb1K3 b - - 0 1"]
1...d2+?? 2. Kd1
The peculiar feature of ...
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Why is stalemate a draw?
It is so difficult to force stalemate and sometimes unintentional too, so why is stalemate a draw?
As the opponent doesn't have a further move, why is it not considered a win?
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