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  1. Queen - is this a draw? - Chess Stack Exchange

    Oct 11, 2020 · Black and white both have one queen and the king. Is this game a draw?

  2. Why does stockfish win when playing against itself in these games? It ...

    Jan 17, 2026 · Why does stockfish win when playing against itself in these games? It should have been a draw, but it wasn't. The accuracy of the game was 99%

  3. rules - Is it ethical to take a draw in a winning position, if a draw ...

    Aug 23, 2023 · Offering a draw in positions that are much worse is frequently regarded as . However, bad etiquette does not always equate to unethical behaviour. In a tournament situation, it is correct to …

  4. With only the King left, how can you get a draw?

    A draw also occurs when neither player has sufficient material to checkmate the opponent or when no sequence of legal moves can lead to checkmate. Unless specific tournament rules forbid it, players …

  5. Why was this a draw? What move I supposed to play to win?

    Jul 5, 2024 · This question is similar to: Why was this a draw?. If you believe it’s different, please edit the question, make it clear how it’s different and/or how the answers on that question are not helpful for …

  6. Is this an incorrect draw by chess.com? - Chess Stack Exchange

    Aug 20, 2022 · 24 Is this an incorrect draw by chess.com? I just played a game on chess.com with the final position as below (I am black):

  7. history - Why is stalemate a draw? - Chess Stack Exchange

    Oct 17, 2012 · It is so difficult to force stalemate and sometimes unintentional too, so why is stalemate a draw? As the opponent doesn't have a further move, why is it not considered a win?

  8. stockfish - What's the rationale behind chess engines conditionally ...

    Oct 14, 2018 · However, some of the best chess engines such as Stockfish and Ethereal don't assign a draw score to all twofold repetitions. If the first occurrence of position p is not strictly after the root …

  9. Can a superGM always draw another as white? - Chess Stack Exchange

    May 30, 2024 · The FIDE world cup is a knockout-style tournament consisting of many 1v1 matches of two games. One could scrape data from there and find out. One side effect of that format is that in …

  10. What is sufficient mating material? - Chess Stack Exchange

    27 The FIDE chess rules describe that "The game is draw when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves" (FIDE rule 9.6). This rules is …