is forcing a draw legal?

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dontteIlmymom

Hi everyone. I started chess couple months ago and I don't have any idea about this topic. As a first, I'm sorry for my ignorance.

More specifically, at my last game I had a 1 pawn and king. But my opponent had only king. He went to corner of the board and he give me no choise to do any move besides sacrificing my last pawn and forced me to draw.
Second situation is at my other game, I was winning, my opponent had a only queen and couple of pawns but without checkmate or any fork situation he just checked me like 20-25 times at different possitions in a row (I made up the number, but it was really too much) but I stucked at there. I couldn't do anything even sacrificing something. He just did without any reasons. And eventually I said can't do that 6 minutes more and I quit.

In those two scenarios are they legal move to do? Because first one can be understandable if it's legal but second is definitely not seems like legal.

Thanks in advance.

BeeShop7

Yeah, it's legal. It's annoying, but doesn't go against any rule.

Ziryab

It is a vital resource central to the game.

CraigIreland

Both legal and very normal. The first is a draw due to Insufficient Material. It happens mostly with the pawn on the A or H file but can happen without sufficient care, on any file. The second is Perpetual Check. Eventually, you'll run into a draw by three-fold repetition. The player in Check can arrive at that quickly by repeating the same two moves. It's better to take the draw than resign. The other way to do it is to offer a Draw by Agreement. When both players can see that the position is dead they'll often agree to it. If not, you'll have to prove it's dead to your opponent by playing it out.

SoupSailor
When I first played the game, I would never use infinite checks because I thought it was a cheap way of playing. Now however, I know that it’s completely legal, normal, and okay and is actually an important aspect of the game of chess.
Honchkrowabcd

No, forcing a draw is highly illegal. You will likely get banned from chess.com and you may be sentenced to 30 years in prison.

bigD521

50 moves per side, with or without checks, after the last capture or pawn move, is also a draw.

PromisingPawns

If it's not illegal, then it is legal. If it is not legal, it is illegal. If it is not legal as well as not illegal,then it's always legal. (Idk what I just wrote)

magipi
dontteIlmymom wrote:

first one can be understandable if it's legal but second is definitely not seems like legal.

I wonder, how can these be not legal? What crazy rule could possibly exist to make them illegal? I'm working my mind hard, but it came up with nothing.

sapphire_kaleidoscope

OP is a fairly new player, cut them some slack...

skkzing

Yes

CoreyDevinPerich
Yes, it’s a brilliant strategy.
N0S1GNAL
I think it’s legal, but EXTREMELY annoying.
SriyoTheGreat

Yes it is legal, also assuming from your first situation I guess you don't know how to take opposition. Very important tactic if you find yourself in that situation many times.

Nightsight_100

Just depends on the situation

Palauan_8
It’s annoying as hell
dontteIlmymom
CraigIreland yazdı:

Both legal and very normal. The first is a draw due to Insufficient Material. It happens mostly with the pawn on the A or H file but can happen without sufficient care, on any file. The second is Perpetual Check. Eventually, you'll run into a draw by three-fold repetition. The player in Check can arrive at that quickly by repeating the same two moves. It's better to take the draw than resign. The other way to do it is to offer a Draw by Agreement. When both players can see that the position is dead they'll often agree to it. If not, you'll have to prove it's dead to your opponent by playing it out.

Yes but about second situation, he didn't accept draw and he keep doing check me with different position. So even if I made the same move over and over again he was keep doing other way to avoid draw. And like I said, I had no any other change like sacrifice something beside moving my king. But I get it. It's annoying but not against the rules so I need to play like his ways and keep moving my king at like kind of situations.

dontteIlmymom
rupam44 yazdı:

If it's not illegal, then it is legal. If it is not legal, it is illegal. If it is not legal as well as not illegal,then it's always legal. (Idk what I just wrote)

That's meaning more deeper than only a chess rule I guess.

Sargon_Three
rupam44 wrote:

If it's not illegal, then it is legal. If it is not legal, it is illegal. If it is not legal as well as not illegal,then it's always legal. (Idk what I just wrote)

That is deep, bro

dontteIlmymom
magipi yazdı:
dontteIlmymom wrote:

first one can be understandable if it's legal but second is definitely not seems like legal.

I wonder, how can these be not legal? What crazy rule could possibly exist to make them illegal? I'm working my mind hard, but it came up with nothing.

Dude first of all, calm down. I don't get it kind of you guys and you guys are like everywhere. Because of you guys who always is angry and criticizes everything, I said "As a first, I'm sorry for my ignorance" at top of my topic.

I asked this because there is a "Stalling/Quitting Games" option in the reporting section. I asked to find out if this was a stalling.

Be kind, calm. If someone who started chess today asks at here "how pawn moves" are you gonna kill him? Some people don't have as high intelligence and vision as you. We're sorry about that, man. We are trying to learn.