Show her online resources
Explaining Stalemate
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GabeMiami10 escreveu:
Show her online resources
Hmm that seems like a good idea. I’ll try it. Thank you!
Tell her your dad says she and he have been together too long and she's a stale mate.
Yeah I agree with Gabe, there's some good videos explaining it for beginners.
Speaking of stalemates I still get tricked sometimes when I'm winning endgame and accidentally stalemate my opponent lol.
Melancia_Fresca wrote:
For a long time, I’ve been trying to convice my mum, who’s been playing chess for decades now, that stalemate is a draw.
She firmly believes that stalemate is the same as checkmate, supposedly because “the king is trapped” and “if there are no moves available for the king, he should turn himself in”.
How do I convince her that stalemate is indeed a draw, and how do I differentiate it from checkmate?
Thank you everyone!
Say your king needs to be checked
It has to be able to be taken if it can't be taken and your opponent can't move it's a draw
BECAUSE IT IS NOT A CHECK
RidingWithDave escreveu:
Yeah I agree with Gabe, there's some good videos explaining it for beginners.
Speaking of stalemates I still get tricked sometimes when I'm winning endgame and accidentally stalemate my opponent lol.
Thank you! And yeah, stalemating in a winning position is so frustrating!
BigChessplayer665 escreveu:
Melancia_Fresca wrote:
For a long time, I’ve been trying to convice my mum, who’s been playing chess for decades now, that stalemate is a draw.
She firmly believes that stalemate is the same as checkmate, supposedly because “the king is trapped” and “if there are no moves available for the king, he should turn himself in”.
How do I convince her that stalemate is indeed a draw, and how do I differentiate it from checkmate?
Thank you everyone!
Say your king needs to be checked
It has to be able to be taken if it can't be taken and your opponent can't move it's a draw
BECAUSE IT IS NOT A CHECK
Yes, that’s a great argument. Thanks!
'5.2.1 The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his/her king is not in check. The game is said to end in ‘stalemate’. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the stalemate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7.'
Laws of Chess
For a long time, I’ve been trying to convice my mum, who’s been playing chess for decades now, that stalemate is a draw.
She firmly believes that stalemate is the same as checkmate, supposedly because “the king is trapped” and “if there are no moves available for the king, he should turn himself in”.
How do I convince her that stalemate is indeed a draw, and how do I differentiate it from checkmate?
Thank you everyone!