Extremely sorry for my previous post ...was under the wrong impression all this while that I had kept the king there, as the game was streching for long...
Sorry again, and thanks for surfing through my games to get that one out. How do you do that btw? Is it like doing it manually or through some UI?
Originally posted by Zmich1016See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate The example of Gelfand-Kramnik given is particularly interesting as if white captures the rook a stalemate could ensue by force.
I was playing a game & the person I was playing against kept moving his king only to two spots. So i went to trap him with my king, queen & rook. When I moved my king to a spot, then it came up as a draw. Then it said it was a stalemate. So what is that?
Originally posted by sannevssrThere are no "official" chess rules. There are the rules of chess (how the pieces move, conditions for draws/wins and not much else) and then there are the conditions of play (how draws are offered, time controls, arbitration, special draw rules [draw by lack of losing chances], tournament guidelines &c. ).
I naturally understand there are many fide rules that doesnt apply on rhp since its internet correspondence chess,
im just sayin (and maybe its due to my bad english)
that rhp follows the official chess rules (fide rules)
We follow the rules of chess here as does pretty much everywhere where you could play chess. But we have our own set of conditions of play (timeout/timebank, draw procedures, tournament scoring &c.).
So, while there is some overlap with the FIDE rules we do not play by them.
Stalemate:
1) You blow it. You blow a totally winning position by grabbing all his pawns and pieces, and then you accidentally stalemated him. Feel good now? Next time leave some pawns for him so he has those spare moves, plonker.
2) You were lucky he accidentally stalemated you. Or maybe he felt pity for you like we all do. But dont be too happy, you didnt win. Why are you even playing chess if you dont win, you pathetic loser.
But back on topic.
In this position you are white and you use your queen and king to get blacks king into a small box. He can move back and forth from g8/h7. He's toast! But a blunder here would be stalemate. Kg6 is a huge mistake. Play Qe7 allowing blacks king to the h8 and g8 squares. Then bring your king down to g6 and mate in the next move.