Stalemate with only king left.

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MaxMse

I just have a short question about how stalemate works, im fairly new to chess so i dont really understand why it became a stalemate when the enemy only had his king left (despite him being able to move). Can someone explain how that works?

MaddyCole

Its over when 1 king cannot legally move on his turn.

olsionh

I saw your game, the king had no legal moves. c5, c6, c7 are protected by the Rook, d5, e5, e6, e7 are protected by the Queen and d7 is protected by the bishop. Since the king was not in check and had no legal moves, the game ended in stalemate.

Anguirusgg
Yeah, you can check out chess.com’s lesson; they can help you understand.
lawnely
Had the same question when just started playing 😀