I'd also suggest learning the 'ladder mate'.where you use 2 rooks (or Q+R or Q+Q) against the king. If you know how to get checkmate you'll be less likely to blunder into stalemate.
Blundered a stalemate AGAIN, someone kill me
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Either rook to f6 or Qg4# were mates in 1s. It seems more of a missing mate in 1 problem than just stalemate. When you have that much extra material, try to keep checking, as eventually one will be a mate, or until you recognize a pattern like the ladder mate and then finish with that. With queen and king vs king, if you have an extra piece like a bishop, try to lose it (yes seriously) as it can interfere with the simple mating technique. You basically move the queen a knights move away from the king every move until he is in the corner, but still has 1 square to move to.
Literally the moves Kg6 and Queen G7 can be premoved at this point.
EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:
...Literally the moves Kg6 and Queen G7 can be premoved at this point.
You can pretty much premove this entire checkmate if you know it well enough too. In this YT video I made months ago, I review the King + Queen vs King checkmate and then I show the premoving technique for it.
Thanks, yall, I appreciate the advice.
Hikaru freakin premoved an entire 2 knights vs pawn endgame ending in a mate, one that even tablebases struggle with:
piedraven wrote:
Could I get some advice on how to avoid this happening?
If you want to avoid stalemates you should make sure you avoid a stalemate. Stalemates don't magically disappear. It helps to study checkmate techniques, but you still need to pay attention. You need to actively avoid a stalemate every single move. There are two simple ways to avoid a checkmate.
1. It can't be a stalemate when their King is in check. I don't recommend mindlessly checking continuously, but whenever you do it won't be a stalemate.
2. It can't be a stalemate when your opponent has legal moves to play. Before you move see if there is at least one square available for their King or one other move they can play.
One final remark. When I look at your game vs de11e, moves 39 to 47, I can't help but wonder why you play each move after just a few seconds. What's the rush? It's much easier to find the best move after 20 seconds than after 2-5 seconds.
Duckfest wrote:
piedraven wrote:
Could I get some advice on how to avoid this happening?
If you want to avoid stalemates you should make sure you avoid a stalemate. Stalemates don't magically disappear. It helps to study checkmate techniques, but you still need to pay attention. You need to actively avoid a stalemate every single move. There are two simple ways to avoid a checkmate.
1. It can't be a stalemate when their King is in check. I don't recommend mindlessly checking continuously, but whenever you do it won't be a stalemate.
2. It can't be a stalemate when your opponent has legal moves to play. Before you move see if there is at least one square available for their King or one other move they can play.
One final remark. When I look at your game vs de11e, moves 39 to 47, I can't help but wonder why you play each move after just a few seconds. What's the rush? It's much easier to find the best move after 20 seconds than after 2-5 seconds.
Thanks for points. I agree I rush sometimes, which I will be working on improving. I think after a while I go on automatic.
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I could kill you but id need to know where you live
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