How to Draw a Chess Game

How to Draw a Chess Game

Occasionally chess games do not end with a winner, but with a draw. There are 5 reasons why a chess game may end in a draw:
  • The position reaches a stalemate where it is one player's turn to move, but his king is NOT in check and yet he does not have another legal move:
Chess Stalemate
With the move Qc7, black is not threatened and can't move. The game is declared draw by stalemate.

  • The players may simply agree to a draw and stop playing
  • There are not enough pieces on the board to force a checkmate (example: a king and a bishop vs.a king)
  • A player declares a draw if the same exact position is repeated three times (though not necessarily three times in a row)
  • Fifty consecutive moves have been played where neither player has moved a pawn or captured a piece
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