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I'm not sure how to put it here but somewhere on the end against a bot it becomes a stalemate. How is it like that again? Also I am using black

https://lichess.org/GBle9Dyh I'm not sure how to put it here but somewhere on the end against a bot it becomes a stalemate. How is it like that again? Also I am using black

OnlyStupidNamesLeft

#2

White king is not in check, and white has no legal moves. That's a stalemate, by definition. Or are you asking something else?

SaltedMilk

#3

Not much. Just asking why it is considered a stalemate.

Skittle-Head

#4

https://lichess.org/learn#/16 - @SaltedMilk Here is the Lichess basic chess lesson on stalemate. :]

JARANDujo

#5

@SaltedMilk never change

RapidVariants edited

#6

If you don't know the meaning of a word, try a dictionary.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stalemate

(chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.

To answer your question literally, he's the player to move because he's your opponent and you made the last move, he's not in check because none of your pieces attack his king, and he has no legal moves because any (otherwise legal) move would put his king in check.

And you were playing chess because this isn't lidraughts.org. The concept of stalemate carries over into chess variants; in most of them it's a draw, but in antichess it's a win for the stalemated player.

If you don't know the meaning of a word, try a dictionary. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stalemate 1. (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw. To answer your question literally, he's the player to move because he's your opponent and you made the last move, he's not in check because none of your pieces attack his king, and he has no legal moves because any (otherwise legal) move would put his king in check. And you were playing chess because this isn't lidraughts.org. The concept of stalemate carries over into chess variants; in most of them it's a draw, but in antichess it's a win for the stalemated player.

earlpurple

#7

RandomMoverBot is marked "This account artificially increases/decreases their rating". Really? Looks to me like a bot programmed to just play any random legal move. So of course it's probably one of the worst chess players in the world but only does what it is programmed to do.

Would be interesting for someone to try to "force-self-mate" against it. Such a game would have to be unrated here. A number of years ago though I did master the art of self-mate. Unlikely I can still remember the strategies I learnt.

RandomMoverBot is marked "This account artificially increases/decreases their rating". Really? Looks to me like a bot programmed to just play any random legal move. So of course it's probably one of the worst chess players in the world but only does what it is programmed to do. Would be interesting for someone to try to "force-self-mate" against it. Such a game would have to be unrated here. A number of years ago though I did master the art of self-mate. Unlikely I can still remember the strategies I learnt.