Go whine to FIDE. Looks like it was changed in the 19th century, so hop in dat der TARDIS and do your whining there.
Stalemate is the most senseless rule ever
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In fairness, I think the people who decided this are much better at chess, and understand it more then perhaps anyone alive today- I'll leave it to their verdict.
darkhorsejames escribió:
Chess is like art. This is why some people likes to draw because they want to be an artist. Stalemate is an art form, it's gives the artist another tool to draw a masterpiece.
So enjoy chess, enjoy the art welcome to the chess world
To say that chess is an art is like saying that Bruce "Caitlyn" Jenner is a woman.
TARDIS is a time travelling spaceship in a very popular Science fiction show, "Doctor Who". It means "Time And Relative Dimensions In Space".
VicountVonJames escribió:
In fairness, I think the people who decided this are much better at chess, and understand it more then perhaps anyone alive today- I'll leave it to their verdict.
No. Great players of 19th century are the 1600s of today
#6.....ha ha ha .
But from certain points of view, chess is an art.... I wouldn't consider it as such, but understand why some do.
But from certain points of view, chess is an art.... I wouldn't consider it as such, but understand why some do.
But they KNEW more about the game... If you know what I mean. They helped invent it, turn it into what it is today,
Without stalemate, as soon as you have a queen in you have won, you don't need to play on properly. But stalemate gives hope to the down-opponent, and makes a more complicated game.
Without stalemate, as soon as you have a queen in you have won, you don't need to play on properly. But stalemate gives hope to the down-opponent, and makes a more complicated game.
Optimissed escribió:
<<Why is it considered a draw if the king will be brutally destroyed in the next move?>>
Basically because the next move never happens. The game can't get that far if one of the players has no legal moves. Declaring that the player with more pieces is the winner is just as stupid as giving extra points for more material at the end of the game. The game is about killing the opponent's king and not about how many foot-soldiers are left. The spirit of the game was, historically, all about sacrificing one's army to win the king.
Read again, I never said that a player should be declared the winner because he has more pieces, I said that he should be declared the winner because he would kill the opponent's king in the next move.
wanmokewan escribió:
And no, I refuse to leave. You'll have to block me.
I know that I have control over you, but for now I still allow you to post some of your nonsense. Be thankful while this decisions lasts.
In order to get rid of stalemate, it would have to be legal to move a King to/leave it on squares where it could be captured...
Cue stalemate hating players getting their Kings captured a lot! 
We are all king in our own world.
Goram escribió:
We are all king in our own world.
Did you received permission from Kaynight to impersonate him?
Pashak that also means, putting the king in check should be a legal move, hence being able to accidentally checkmate yourself .
How would you checkmate yourself too?
The objective of the game is to capture/kill the enemy's king. This is why when there is checkmate the game is over, because no matter what is done, the king will be captured in the next move.
Stalemate is a situation where the king is not in check, but regardless of where it moves, he will be captured in the next move. So basically a stalemate is a mate but without a check.
Yet for some reason, instead of the game being over and the person with more pieces is declared winner by stalemate, the game is considered a draw!!!
Why is it considered a draw if the king will be brutally destroyed in the next move?
I do not know who created the chess rules, but that person must have been a really bad player to the point that he decided to invent a stupid rule in order to still have a chance of drawing after all the blunders he made during the game.