Stalemate is one of many different types of draws in chess.
It means you are not in check, but you cannot make a legal move.
Checkmate wins the game, you are in check, and cannot make a legal move.
Checkmate & Stalemate
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Stalemate, Black to move: Draw
Checkmate: White wins
Checkmate happens when one player checks his/her opponent's king, and his/her opponent cannot remove itself from check in any way. Like so:
Checkmate results in a win for the checkmating player.
Stalemate happens when a player has no legal moves whatsoever. The only moves the player can make put his/her king in check. The main difference is that in a stalemate, the player's King is NOT in check. Like so:
Stalemate results in an instant draw.
kman994 wrote:
I'm new to the game, why can the black king not take the d7 pawn?
@Guolin meant after the White king moves to c6. In other words, in the position above, it is White to move and White plays 1. Kc6. After this, the d7 pawn becomes protected so the Black king will not be able to capture the d7 pawn legally.
P.S. Your account is already more than 2 years old, so you can't exactly be very new to the game...
Hi,
I'd like to know what Stalemate is, and, what the difference between Stalemate and Checkmate is.
Thanks.