Why is it a tie?

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26Robert02

Hello! I have been playing chess on this site for quite a while now, and from time to time, it says that it is a tie. I have the white pieces, and a have 2 queens and 2 knights, and he (the bot) has only the king. How can it be a tie? I attached a photo to see for yourself.

IMKeto

Show me where the black king can legally move?

26Robert02
IMKeto a scris:

Show me where the black king can legally move?

Up? Of course, I will keep chasing him, but isn`t this the idea? You know, you keep chasing the enemy king until he can not make a move? Or am I wrong?

26Robert02
26Robert02 a scris:
IMKeto a scris:

Show me where the black king can legally move?

Up? Of course, I will keep chasing him, but isn`t this the idea? You know, you keep chasing the enemy king until he can not make a move? Or am I wrong? What I am trying to say, is that I can win this game. It is not like we ran out of pieces and neither of us can checkmate the other.

 

IMKeto

Wrong answer.  You cannot win the game as its stalemate. 

Up where?  What square can the black king legally move to?

eric0022
26Robert02 wrote:

Hello! I have been playing chess on this site for quite a while now, and from time to time, it says that it is a tie. I have the white pieces, and a have 2 queens and 2 knights, and he (the bot) has only the king. How can it be a tie? I attached a photo to see for yourself.

 

You have only been here for nine days. If it's also your ninth day playing chess overall, probably the idea of stalemate is foreign to you.

 

Here is an article on stalemate.

 

https://support.chess.com/article/682-what-is-stalemate

mpaetz

     The black king cannot make a legal move, so the game is over. Still, white has not checkmated black. So the game is a draw.

26Robert02

Thank you all for help! Now I understand why it is a draw.

GallicAdlair81

If the king goes up, the queen would still be aiming at him since queens can also go diagonally.

jawineholt

It's a stalemate, the king has no legal moves but is not in check. Your queen on h1 stops the king from going "up."

CreatureKing_HN

December 7th is not "for quite a while".