When do you call it a tie in a chess match?

Question

Is it true that in a chess match you call it a tie when you're left with your king only and the opponent has many pieces and,if yes,how many moves does it take for this to happen?

Answer 1

there are two ways to get a draw -

1 - when both players agree on it. This happens a lot, when both players have very few pieces left and decide to end it.

2 - stalemate. when you cannot make a legal move. I think this is what you are referring to. If you only have a king left, he is not in check, but you cannot move him, its a stalemate.

Answer 2

The general chess term for a tie is a 'draw'.

Specifically, if you are in a position where your king is not in check at the moment, but the only legal moves you have would force your king into a position where he would be captured, that's called a 'stalemate' and is a draw, despite the advantage in number of pieces he may have.

Ex: You are down to just the king, and your opponenet has a king and queen.
Your king is on a8 (in the corner). The enemy queen is on b6. It's the opponent's move, and he moves his king to c8. This is a stalemate, and instead of a win, your opponent messed up and got a draw instead.

Answer 3

There is something called a 50 move rule. Here's something I pasted from the below website:

The fifty move rule in chess states that a player can claim a draw if no capture has been made and no pawn has been moved in the last fifty consecutive moves. The relavent part of the official FIDE laws of chess is rule 9.3:

The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by the player having the move, if

a. he writes on his scoresheet, and declares to the arbiter his intention to make a move which shall result in the last 50 moves having been made by each player without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece, or

b. the last 50 consecutive moves have been made by each player without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece.

It should be noted that after fifty moves the game is not automatically a draw--the draw must be claimed by the player on move. It is, therefore, possible for a game to continue beyond a point when a draw could be claimed under the rule.

Answer 4

The term for tie used in chess is stalemate. This occurs when neither you nor your opponent can perform any legal moves and when the only pieces remaining are yours and your opponent's king. Also, if you have only your king left and your opponent has several remaining, it is not stalemate because your opponent can still get you in checkmate, it just makes it alot easier for them to do so.

Answer 5

When you both have only Kings left on the board and they're no where near eachother. Since the King can only move one space at a time it would be impossible for either person to win. I've had that happen, it kinda stinks.

Answer 6

I think the rule you are referring to is not universal, and varies with tournaments. The last two tournaments I went to, it was 50 moves of the king, without a piece being captured or a pawn being moved. The count resets if either of those two things happen (because they are permanent changes).

Answer 7

well it's 50 moves if ur oppent doesn't get u yet and if u have no moves left thats a skillmate automatic draw =P
p.s. it's best to win by the pure use skill to make a check mate XD

Answer 8

If your king is not in check and you cant move him it is not stale-mate unless he is the only piece left.(You can still move everything else on the board)