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Draws
/ Stalemates - Chess Tutorial
There
are several ways that a chess match can end in a draw (also called
a stalemate).
- When
a player has no legal move on his / her turn. If it's
Black's turn to move in the diagram below, the game ends in
a stalemate. Black cannot move the king to any location without
putting it in check. Notice the queen covers every square
that the Black king can move to, except b7,
which the white king could capture. Black's king is not in
check, so the position is not checkmate. Instead it is a draw.
- When
there is insufficient material on the board to checkmate either
side. One bishop is not enough to checkmate an opponent.
Neither is one knight. Checkmate can be accomplished with
a bishop and a knight, or one rook, or one queen. If both
sides only have their king and one bishop (or knight), the
game is a draw.
- When
the same position on the board has been seen 3 times.
- When
50 moves have gone by with neither team capturing a piece
or moving a pawn. The last two stalemate scenarios are
rarely seen.
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