I just got back into chess and recall only this much:
Checkmate is when your opponent cant move the king without getting killed in the next move.
Stalemate - when the king is forced to make 3 of the same moves?
Someone further explain the differences please? My friend and I sometimes disagree what situation is stalemate and checkmate.
2006-10-12 05:35:18 · 8 answers · asked by leikevy 5 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
It's pretty simple.
Checkmate - Your opponent cannot stop the fact that you will have a legal move to take his king after he makes his move. No matter what move he makes.
Stalemate - Your opponent can no longer make a legal move because any move he makes will put his king in jeopardy. However, you do not have a piece threatening his king at that time.
The three same move thing is another type of stalemate, it exists simply to prevent the game from locking up.
One other key difference. Checkmate. A winner is declared. Stalemate. Equates to a draw, no matter what the position or pieces remaining on the board.
2006-10-12 06:14:08 · answer #1 · answered by SybotCB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Checkmate is when a king can be taken with an opponents piece and cannot be stopped. In other words, your king is about to be taken and you can't do anything about it. Either:
- You can't block the advance with a single move, or
- You can't take the piece that's attacking the king, or
- If you can take the piece, there's another piece that is attacking your king at the same time.
In other words, in one move, you cannot keep your king from being taken.
A stalemate, on the other hand, is just the opposite. It does not have a winner. It could result from both players having only a king remaining, and each is smart enough to not be blocked into a corner. I.e. The play can go on theoretically forever if each watches and does not get blocked into a position where they cannot move without being jumped.
2006-10-12 05:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by Rob O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A checkmate is when the king is in check, and cannot move out of it or block/capture the checking piece.
The king has to be directly attacked in order for it to be checkmate.
A stalemate is when the King is not in check, and the only moves that the player has will put him into check.
A stalemate can also occur under the following conditions:
you can prove that the position of the board has been identical 3 seperate times.
50 moves have occured without a pawn move or a capture.
2006-10-12 10:59:20 · answer #3 · answered by vabanu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Checkmate is the position which the player is in Check, and cannot block or move without their King being captured.
Stalemate is the position which the King is not in Check, but cannot move anywhere without being captured. Stalemate ends in a draw.
2006-10-13 12:34:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A checkmate is when you make it so the opponents king cannot move out of check, meaning victory for you.
A stalemate is when neither king can be put in to check or if you have captured all their pieces and make it so that your opponents king cannot move without going into check, resulting in a draw.
2006-10-12 06:39:18 · answer #5 · answered by John C. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A checkmate is a win for the attacking player and a loss for the player whose king is under attack.
A stalemate is a draw. Neither player wins. It occurs when one player has no legal move; that is, his king is not in check but can not move anywhere without being in check, and none of his other pieces can move.
2006-10-13 06:02:10 · answer #6 · answered by funtym888 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stalemate is when the match is a draw.(The way I do it put the king is side to side to the other king the game will become a draw). Checkmate is when the other player has cornered your king and there is no where else to move. That way the game will end and the person who got checkmated will lose. Hope this helped:)
2016-03-28 06:28:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-10 21:43:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋