Chess, Unit 2, Lesson 2 of 6

Stalemate and other draws

Chess, Check, mate and draws, 8 minutes

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No legal move and not in check is stalemate, a draw. So are repetition, fifty quiet moves and too little to mate.

Stalemate is a draw

Not in check, but no legal move: stalemate. The game is a draw, however far ahead White is.

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