Comment by tintor
10 hours ago
The first move is always: white rook takes black rook, then the only remaining move for black is to move the knight away, which results in checkmate.
10 hours ago
The first move is always: white rook takes black rook, then the only remaining move for black is to move the knight away, which results in checkmate.
If you play the game, you realise this ends up in stalemate.
I'm not very good at chess, but I dont get why most things are considered a stalemate? I strategically remove all pieces of the enemy, leaving only the king against my rook/tower whatever its called, the king has nowhere to run. In my eyes it's a checkmate. The game just calls it a stalemate. Would be a stalemate if I couldn't do anything, but I can kill the enemy king.
There is an explanation further down. A stalemate is if the enemy has no valid loves and is not in check
It's a stalemate because while the king can't move, he isn't under active attack. There is nowhere he can legally move, but he's safe where he's at.
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Black can’t move the knight: it’s illegal to make a move that puts yourself in check. Thus black has no legal moves, but isn’t in check, so the result is a draw.