Oct 17, 2012 · 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?

Jul 1, 2013 · I am a beginner in chess. If I have only a king left, how many moves does my opponent have to mate me?

Sep 29, 2017 · If a strong engine (eg. Stockfish) plays with itself many times (say, 100 times), what will be the outcomes in terms of the following: What will be the proportion of draws? Will there be …

27 The FIDE chess rules describe that "The game is draw when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves" (FIDE rule 9.6). This rules is …

Oct 11, 2020 · Black and white both have one queen and the king. Is this game a draw?

Jul 30, 2020 · Draw adjudication: A game can end in a draw by three-fold repetition, 50-move rule, stalemate, 6-men TB adjudication, and the "TCEC draw rule" (ending the game at move 35 or later if …

Jun 19, 2017 · I had a winning position in a 10+5 OTB game, but I was low on time. I repeated position to gain some time. My opponent stopped the clock and claimed a draw. The arbiter was called, ans …

May 30, 2024 · The FIDE world cup is a knockout-style tournament consisting of many 1v1 matches of two games. One could scrape data from there and find out. One side effect of that format is that in …

Jun 10, 2015 · 7 It is a draw (tie) because of "insufficient mating material". The game ends in this state. The condition also arises when both sides are down to King+Bishop or King+Knight with no pawns …

If the player with the king and 2 knights fails to checkmate the lone king within 50 moves then the player with the lone king can claim a draw. Checkmate with either 1 bishop or 1 knight and a king against a …