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In my opinion, 15-second ultrabullet without increment shouldn't be called chess.
This most stupid question (if asked by anyone but someone who is learning how to play chess for the first time) shows that the guy who played more than 150 games on this site and has an ultrabullet rating above 2000 doesn't even know the most basic rules of chess such as stalemate. Which kind of proves my point...
@MathildeSanting, how did you manage to learn chess without learning what stalemate is?

In my opinion, 15-second ultrabullet without increment shouldn't be called chess. This most stupid question (if asked by anyone but someone who is learning how to play chess for the first time) shows that the guy who played more than 150 games on this site and has an ultrabullet rating above 2000 doesn't even know the most basic rules of chess such as stalemate. Which kind of proves my point... @MathildeSanting, how did you manage to learn chess without learning what stalemate is?

Toscani

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#22

The aim of chess is to checkmate. The objective of checkmating has not been reached when left in a condition of stalemate. The game is not over because the clock is still running. If neither side can change the game into a checkmate, it's a draw, not a win. Both can run out of material and it gives the same result. Without the ability to mobilize anything it becomes a stalemate. Surrounding and attacking a fortress is one thing. Succeeding in entering it, is another. If you don't succeed, it's a draw.

Cedur216

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#23

Counting stalemate as loss for the stalemated would make so much endgame theory completely obsolete, and endgames, or chess overall, would be way less interesting and fun

(ftr I'm also smirking at seeing a 2000 ultrabullet who never heard of stalemate)

Counting stalemate as loss for the stalemated would make so much endgame theory completely obsolete, and endgames, or chess overall, would be way less interesting and fun (ftr I'm also smirking at seeing a 2000 ultrabullet who never heard of stalemate)

OpenTest

#24

@Cedur216 said in #23:

(ftr I'm also smirking at seeing a 2000 ultrabullet who never heard of stalemate)

I think they were trolling.

@Cedur216 said in #23: > > > (ftr I'm also smirking at seeing a 2000 ultrabullet who never heard of stalemate) I think they were trolling.

borninthesixties

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@OpenTest said in #24:

I think they were trolling.

My thought as well but who knows these days.

@OpenTest said in #24: > I think they were trolling. My thought as well but who knows these days.

EmaciatedSpaniard

#26

stalemate:
player whose move it is has no legal moves.
in your game, black moved the rook in front of the g-pawn which therefore cannot move. White's only other piece (the king) has no legal moves. The king cannot move off the h-file due to black's rook and king. White's king cannot move to h5 due to black's g-pawn.

You are aware that the king may not move into check?

stalemate: player whose move it is has no legal moves. in your game, black moved the rook in front of the g-pawn which therefore cannot move. White's only other piece (the king) has no legal moves. The king cannot move off the h-file due to black's rook and king. White's king cannot move to h5 due to black's g-pawn. You are aware that the king may not move into check?