Why the ending is a tie?

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newfish1000
Why the ending is a tie
talliholic

Are you talking about a game of yours? if you do, then insert it here to analyze it.

talliholic

Oh i found it on your profile. Here it is:

 
 
 
 

 

 

justbefair
newfish1000 wrote:
Why the ending is a tie

Because it was a stalemate. Your opponent is not in check but has no legal moves.

That's a draw.

You could have easily checkmated your opponent many moves earlier.  

talliholic

Click on analyze if you want to see it, other people of this forum

talliholic

Yes, as @justbefair said, It is a stalemate because the enemy king cannot move. Your queen is covering f7, f8, h7 and the dark bishop is covering g7 and h8. So the king cannot move anywhere.

Be careful in endgames when your opponent has only the king because you might stalemate him.

To avoid this try making every move a check, until you checkmate the king or try to leave some pawns to the opponent so he can move them instead of the king

Blazer1805

yyes that

jetoba

And just to avoid anybody having a common beginner's misunderstanding: in this particular position the King is Black's only piece so with the King having no legal moves and was not in check that means it is a stalemate.  The actual rule says that there are no legal moves by any piece and the King is not in check. IF Black still had a pawn on c6 then that pawn would have a legal move and it would not be a stalemate even though the Black King cannot move (I work a lot of scholastic tournaments and many kids have made that mistake).