People who are good at chess seem to love the stalemate rule but I don't get it. It's probably because I'm bad at chess, but it's such an unintuitive rule to me. You maneuver your opponent into a position where they literally can't do anything and somehow that's a draw? Ridiculous. Clearly tic tac toe is the superior game.
I mean the alternative would be no endgame in competitive play because the losing player would just resign rather than playing out an inevitable defeat
Stalemate is a bit of a non-issue in competitive play when people have mating sequences down with their remaining material though. Drawing by move repetition is way more common.
People who are good at chess seem to love the stalemate rule but I don't get it. It's probably because I'm bad at chess, but it's such an unintuitive rule to me. You maneuver your opponent into a position where they literally can't do anything and somehow that's a draw? Ridiculous. Clearly tic tac toe is the superior game.
usually this results in your opponent resigning? Or do you mean there are no legal moves left?
draws are stupid though when it's not forced. bruh just play the game and wait til someone fucks up
Yeah the situation where your opponent can't make any legal moves because moving any piece would put them in check.
ok ye i see your point but idk. someone who knows more about chess could explain why it works that way. :shrug-outta-hecks:
I mean the alternative would be no endgame in competitive play because the losing player would just resign rather than playing out an inevitable defeat
Stalemate is a bit of a non-issue in competitive play when people have mating sequences down with their remaining material though. Drawing by move repetition is way more common.