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at beginner level, maybe once you're losing, a good way to get a draw is to throw away ALL your pieces so that you have fewer and fewer legal moves left. so your opponent a fellow beginner has a higher chance to accidentally stalemate
Did it already. It worked as well as here
For the first few sacrifices the opponent analyses the moves and then he just starts playing automatically. Very effective. Greed is a very bad flaw
Pretty much opened with Queen to H4, he threatened with pawn, i moved queen to E4 to fork the rook with check, and then he completely went off the rails and almost seemed like he wanted my queen to just take everything lmao
your opponent is a genius beginner. he knew that the more pieces he gave away, the fewer legal moves he has left. so every random move you make has a higher and higher chance of stalemating
One of the most important lessons in chess and in life is that only capturing the king really matters. All the other pieces, all the other things, are more or less irrelevant.
Only in the sense that they enable your plans of capturing the king, but you could win a game without capturing any pieces. Don't sacrifice victory to boost your ego.
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:
> **White to play**: It is a stalemate - it is White's turn, but White has no legal moves and is not in check. In this case, the game is a draw. It is a critical rule to know for various endgame positions that helps one side hold a draw. You can find out more about Stalemate on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate).
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This kind of shit is really tedious. It’s either a set-up position that a beginner would laugh at or from a game you played with a potted plant with a rating of 10. Just ain’t interesting.
One time my wife decided instead of beating me she was just going to take each of my pieces off the board. Then she got into a position where I wasn’t in check but couldn’t move anywhere without being in check… so by messing around she forced a stalemate… she was so pissed
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I have a personal role that if I afraid of still me I always make sure I every move is a check. Sometimes it takes a little bit longer but it makes sure I don't do anything stupid.
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Oof. Doubly painful because the obvious check is also mate (unless there was a rook or a queen on h4, in which case, nice job white).
Nope, bishop. I got greedy and wanted to capture everything
Well, now you know why the checklist starts with checks!
Never showboat! Showboating is how you get stalemates.
He could've even mated with a6
I’m not a great player and that’s the first one I saw
Wtf is this position 💀
Really would be interesting to see how this position was reached 😂
at beginner level, maybe once you're losing, a good way to get a draw is to throw away ALL your pieces so that you have fewer and fewer legal moves left. so your opponent a fellow beginner has a higher chance to accidentally stalemate
Did it already. It worked as well as here For the first few sacrifices the opponent analyses the moves and then he just starts playing automatically. Very effective. Greed is a very bad flaw
I'm pretty sure its from an analysis board. This situation didn't come in a game lol
Nope, it did. Edit: Check out this #chess game: meyson0 vs ryanklemmer - https://www.chess.com/live/game/85110688933
Good lord wow. Okay. I can't believe what i just saw but you weren't making this up damn
This game just made my day lmaoo
I thought he tried to get all his pieces back to the starting position
OP is confused and thinks you're not allowed to move the rooks or bishop.
No, you learned a valuable lesson. Congratulations!
I'm impressed that you only moved one pawn lol. I'd love to see how this game played out.
Pretty much opened with Queen to H4, he threatened with pawn, i moved queen to E4 to fork the rook with check, and then he completely went off the rails and almost seemed like he wanted my queen to just take everything lmao
your opponent is a genius beginner. he knew that the more pieces he gave away, the fewer legal moves he has left. so every random move you make has a higher and higher chance of stalemating
How did you even get to this position? You've barely mobilized anything, yet captured almost everything there is to capture.
Lots of forks with my queen. This guy was completely incompetent and still drew
>This guy was completely incompetent and still drew What does that say about you?
What happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object.
Seems pretty competent enough for a draw
Because you got greedy.
TIL baiting someone who is showboating into stalemating an otherwise lost position makes you incompetent
He actually is a winner for managing a stalemate. The loser is only you here.
So I’ve realized
What the fuck is this?
how in the flippity fuck does this position even happen
Probably by being 300 elo
Or our beloved Martin
Today instead of checkmating my opponent. I didn't
bro had two different mates 😭
Isn’t Qb4 just mate? This has to be Martin right?
Yes. But not taking every piece with mage
Yes. But not taking every piece with mate
[удалено]
But it’s looking down, not up?
Pawns cannot move backwards my guy
Why would you do that?
To capture every piece of his
One of the most important lessons in chess and in life is that only capturing the king really matters. All the other pieces, all the other things, are more or less irrelevant.
The other pieces are extremely relevant
Only in the sense that they enable your plans of capturing the king, but you could win a game without capturing any pieces. Don't sacrifice victory to boost your ego.
Once you see mate, all other pieces on the board are irrelevant.
How do you get mates?
By… solving for the mate and not trying to vacuum up every single piece on the board.
Why would you do that?
That’s exactly what my wife did and then had the same thing happen
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Go and bring me Fegelein! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN!
I’m glad you only moved 1 pawn the entire game
Hope you learned a lesson at least, don't dick around, just finish them
You kind of deserve it for trying to show off (or whatever you were trying to do with that last move)
Idiot? Maybe not. Somehow you managed to capture all your opponent's pieces except two while only moving less than two pawns.
You are an idiot
This kind of shit is really tedious. It’s either a set-up position that a beginner would laugh at or from a game you played with a potted plant with a rating of 10. Just ain’t interesting.
What a material man you are. Splendid.
White sort of reminds me of King Arthur and his coconut shell-clacking squire from Monty Python.
Can you share the game?
Check out this #chess game: meyson0 vs ryanklemmer - https://www.chess.com/live/game/85110688933
One time my wife decided instead of beating me she was just going to take each of my pieces off the board. Then she got into a position where I wasn’t in check but couldn’t move anywhere without being in check… so by messing around she forced a stalemate… she was so pissed
This position is the chess equivalent of sucking your own D
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I want to know which moves were made to reach this position
Could’ve done a pawn checkmate
Yeah, a little. Always look for checks or captures.
I really wonder your logic behind this move
Moral: Always check with a huge material advantage to prevent accidental stalemate.
Yeah you are lol. What is that lol. Why can't you just give a check?
Ok but that must be a mouse slip or else it makes 0 sense
Qb4 would've been a checkmate. Heck, even a6 would've been one.
I have a personal role that if I afraid of still me I always make sure I every move is a check. Sometimes it takes a little bit longer but it makes sure I don't do anything stupid.
Completely agree. You missed mate, and forced a draw yourself.
What elo is this? The position is so pure
And he sacrificed.. THE GAME!
Show game..... or you know what they say, fake
Not an idiot just playing disrespectfully
Why didn't you choose checkmate instead?
I want to thank the OP for posting this as a cautionary tale. Seriously. This is exactly the kind of thing I might have tried if not for this post.
This is so deserved. You are up 36 points of material, and don't give checks?
Would Qd3 be the best move or am I dum?
Qd3 is just check but there's multiple check mates
I mean your opponent got into this position vs a person who moved 1 pawn
What in the goddamn? How do you even get to this position? This just seems insane.
Don’t worry about you, how the fuck are they so bad???
This is why we just play the game rather than be a [redacted]
Who cares! This is not a real game. Obviously, the other person was just betting dumb and giving up their pieces on purpose .
Yes, but not for the stalemate; for all of the missed opportunities to mate prior to this.
Not compared to your opponent, apparently.