About 19,700 results
Open links in new tab
  1. With only the King left, how can you get a draw?

    A draw also occurs when neither player has sufficient material to checkmate the opponent or when no sequence of legal moves can lead to checkmate. Unless specific tournament rules …

  2. With only a king left, how many moves remaining until a draw?

    Jul 1, 2013 · I am a beginner in chess. If I have only a king left, how many moves does my opponent have to mate me?

  3. draw - What happens if a strong chess engine plays with itself …

    Sep 29, 2017 · If a strong engine (eg. Stockfish) plays with itself many times (say, 100 times), what will be the outcomes in terms of the following: What will be the proportion of draws? Will …

  4. What is sufficient mating material? - Chess Stack Exchange

    27 The FIDE chess rules describe that "The game is draw when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves" (FIDE rule 9.6). This rules is …

  5. draw - When are games against engines drawn? - Chess Stack …

    Jul 30, 2020 · Draw adjudication: A game can end in a draw by three-fold repetition, 50-move rule, stalemate, 6-men TB adjudication, and the "TCEC draw rule" (ending the game at move 35 or …

  6. How do you win with a queen against a rook? - Chess Stack …

    What's the technique behind the moves of the stronger side in order to win? Are there situations where the side with K+R can force a draw against K+Q? I've read plenty of examples of K+Q …

  7. Queen - is this a draw? - Chess Stack Exchange

    Oct 11, 2020 · Black and white both have one queen and the king. Is this game a draw?

  8. Only the king remains, but he is stuck, can't move

    Mar 25, 2015 · In Chess, stalemate is a draw. However, the OP's confusion might well be justified as Chess is unusual in this regard. Many games have stalemate as a loss for the player who …

  9. Is it possible to checkmate with knight and king against king?

    If the player with the king and 2 knights fails to checkmate the lone king within 50 moves then the player with the lone king can claim a draw. Checkmate with either 1 bishop or 1 knight and a …

  10. opening - How to play for a draw - Chess Stack Exchange

    And now, Kevin said: "You can tell that the game is going for a draw." My question, how can you play a game knowing that you are going to draw? Do you have to defend? Exchange minor …