Someone, please help me out here-

Look at the following game: ID 1733987

I had just put my opponent in checkmate & he knew it (we were both passing messages back-n-forth). I made the move that I *thought* would win the game for me, and the next thing I know, the game was a draw!

Can anyone explain this to me?

SR

Originally posted by Stephen Robb
Someone, please help me out here-

Look at the following game: ID 1733987

I had just put my opponent in checkmate & he knew it (we were both passing messages back-n-forth). I made the move that I *thought* would win the game for me, and the next thing I know, the game was a draw!

Can anyone explain this to me?

SR

Stalemate. Black had no legal moves.

Stalemate? WTF !?!? If Black had no legal moves, shouldn't White win? Isn't that the object of the game- to get your opponent into a position where they can't make any moves that will prevent their King from being captured?

This is the most eff'd up thing I've ever experienced (except for the night in Paris with the 3 girls- but I digress)........

SR

Originally posted by Stephen Robb
Stalemate? WTF !?!? If Black had no legal moves, shouldn't White win? Isn't that the object of the game- to get your opponent into a position where they can't make any moves that will prevent their King from being captured?

This is the most eff'd up thing I've ever experienced (except for the night in Paris with the 3 girls- but I digress)........

SR

Zebano,
Thanks for the smart ass reply. A response that I would only expect from a c#/.NET programmer formerly addicted to MMORPGs.

SR

Originally posted by Stephen Robb
Zebano,
Thanks for the smart ass reply. A response that I would only expect from a c#/.NET programmer formerly addicted to MMORPGs.

SR

Your opponent is not in check, therefore the position is not a checkmate. However he has no legal moves, and this position is called
stalemate, and has been a classed as a draw in the international laws of chess for well over a hundred years. Many endgames can be drawn because of this fact, K+B v K, K+N v K, K+2Ns v K, and a lot of positions in K+P v K are typical examples.

Originally posted by exigentsky
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Originally posted by Stephen Robb
Zebano,
Thanks for the smart ass reply. A response that I would only expect from a c#/.NET programmer formerly addicted to MMORPGs.

SR

Originally posted by zebano
He refers to my profile.

The person who invented the stalemate rule was also a C# programmer and a MMPORPG addict. I guess this is just him backlashing.

Actually, the rule was probably put in place to make the game more 'intellectual'. Can anyone comment on this?

Originally posted by Daevren
The person who invented the stalemate rule was also a C# programmer and a MMPORPG addict. I guess this is just him backlashing.

Actually, the rule was probably put in place to make the game more 'intellectual'. Can anyone comment on this?

Let me make your day. Stalemate was considered a win for the person who forced it, until it was finally standardized as a draw, by international agreement in 1807.
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