Stalemate in Chess: A Draw Without Check
Tell stalemate apart from checkmate by checking the king and its legal moves.
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Stalemate is a draw when the player to move has no legal move and their king is not in check. If the king is in check, that is checkmate instead.
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Stalemate is a draw when the player to move has no legal move and their king is not in check. If the king is in check, that is checkmate instead.