A draw in chess?

Question

I am playing chess against the computer. I have 2 queens a rook and 3 pawns. He only has a pawn that can't move and can only move his king. I'm ready to mate in a few more moves and he declares that the game is a draw. What happened?

Answer 1

This situation is known as STALEMATE. It's your opponent's move, wherein his King is not under a check and it is the only piece which he can move. Also, your pieces are placed in such a way that if he moves his king anywhere, it would come under check, which is an illegal move.

Hence it's a draw and you both share a half point each.

Answer 2

Yep, sounds like you screwed up and allowed him to stalemate you.  

As the other answers indicated, a stalemate occurs when the side to move is NOT in check, but only have moves that will PUT him in check.  When that happens it's a draw... no matter how many more pieces you might have.

And to the person who answered above who asked how you got two Queens:  Obviously he promoted one of his pawns to a another Queen.  Duh.

Answer 3

the king cannot move anywhere this is called a stalemate

Answer 4

he declared a draw because he didnt have many more moves to make. just one question, how did you get two queens?

Answer 5

you stalemated the computer, it's a draw

Answer 6

When the king is not in checkmate, but cannot move it is called a stalemate. Neither person can win.

Answer 7

My guess is a stalemate.  Look at his possible moves.  Can he make any?  If he can't, and he is not in check, it is a draw called a stalemate.

Answer 8

You didn't indicate the positions of the pieces in your answer, so it's tough to say.

But it appears to be either a stalemate or a draw by the 50 move rule.    Well, actually , it could also be a draw by three-fold-repetition...    I'm guessing either stalemate or 3 fold repetition is the case here...   but if the program was any good, it should explain WHY it's declaring a draw.

Did the computer DECLARE a draw, or did it OFFER you a draw?