HOW IS THIS STALEMATE?!

 Hii ppl,

Can someone tell me how this is stalemate?

I'm quite unfamiliar with chess so I need a bit of help!

Thanks! x

Stalemate is when it's a player's turn to move where they are not in check and have no legal moves.

The white king isn't in check and all other squares are covered by black pieces.

Ohh, I see. But surely it IS checkmate? Coz the King can't move anywhere without a piece checking him...

@Martin_Stahl Hewo??

For it to be checkmate, king needs to be in check. This is not the case here. White is on the move but he can't make a move and his king is not in check = stalemate.

Ahh, I see. Thanks @nklristic! x

You're welcome.

Exactly. It's actually "check and mate", and can be translated by "the King is dead" from the Persian version of it, I believe.

Check means the King is under threat (but probably means originaly "King" as in cheikh), then mate (dead/death): can't escape that threat.

Hui ValkyrieWarrior_Tally,it is stalemate because the white king cannot move

Yeah, it's a draw. So... be sure in future games to leave a square for the opponent to move to without them being in check while ur trying to mate them. U have to make sure they're in check when u play the last move & they can't move anymore without being in check. Everybody has gone through that & everybody has hated that rule in the beginning.

Thanks everyone, it really helped!! 🥰 xx

The white can't make any move, but is not in check. I'm beginner, but in all early lessons they said we should be very careful about this kind of stalemate.