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hermanjohnell
renansouzones wrote:

But that happened because I left him without any more pieces left rather than the king, shouldn't it count as a Checkmate? It's so unfair to lose with that huge advantage!

It´s not even check.

lfPatriotGames
CavanPawn wrote:

@lfPatriotGames

Yes, there are many forms of stalemate.

My reply was to position by the original OP.

Really curious how often the position you posted actually ever occurred.

I understand. I had no way of knowing who you were responding to, or if you were just making a blanket statement about the differences between checkmate and stalemate. The OP says he's a beginner, so he might assume a stalemate is ONLY when a side is not in check but any move would result in check. He may not know that's not always the case.

I have no idea if the position I posted has ever occurred. Beginners often make bizarre pointless moves that result in positions we might think are unlikely to ever happen. The rules have to cover all those unlikely positions. Maybe a more likely position could be something like this....

Annatheblu
Ok
EndgameEnthusiast2357

Yes stalemate does not automatically imply that the king could be captured next move, it simply means one or both sides have no legal moves. The losing side could also be the one stalemating, like here:

White is not winning, and blacks king couldn't be taken next move even if he had a legal king move. This is actually why stalemate is a draw, because stalemate does not mean one side is winning/losing, it just means the side to move has no legal moves, for whatever reason. The common misconception of why some people think stalemate should be a win is that they assume the side doing the stalemating is winning, but this is a fallacy. It just means a lack of legal moves therefore the game cannot continue, so draw.

Qr_comm

La jugada estuvo de las piezas negras estuvo muy a favor del jaque pero termino en rey ahogado :0

CavanPawn

@qr_comm

¡Correcto! Otras personas no miraron la posición original antes de hacer un comentario.

SacrifycedStoat
Oof, that must hurt. You left your opponent with no legal moves, but the king wasn’t in check, so it was a draw by stalemate.