Hi there in this lecture, we see how you can draw game often by accident.
Especially if you're winning, you definitely don't want to do this, I do this too often myself, especially
in speed chess, even though I'm an experienced player, quite often I'm accidentally stalemating the
opponent.
It's quite good when you're ahead in material to actually stick with checks to avoid what we're about
to see.
But it's called a stalemate because it's not quite a checkmate here.
If we go to Checkmate, our opponent with Queen Jeoffrey, unfortunately, the opponent has no moves
available, no legal moves available, and the opponent is king is not in check.
So we've actually just gone on.
It's called stalemated the opponents.
You might also hear the term on the news.
You know, both sides are in a stalemate.
They can't do anything.
But here are it's yeah, it's stalemate because we haven't actually checked.
The opponents can.
Now, as a safety tip, you generally want to keep the opponents king in check to avoid this situation.
So instead of doing that, go for a check, mate.
It's good to assume that there's always a risk of stalemate.
Even Garry Kasparov in one of the official World Blitz Championships, once he was a huge up in material
and Kasparov is one of the greatest ever players who ever lived.
He was greatly immaterial.
I managed to get a stalemate, and so I ended up winning that tournament.
So my safety tip for you, my secret safety tip is to keep the checks going so we can check hair, for
example, and then we can swoop in and it's my hair.
So, yes, if you still make the opponents in such a manner, it's because you didn't keep the checks
up.
The checks are good.
You can't really assume you're not still making the opponent.
So, yes, when you are pulling material, especially if it's a false chess game, even if you get much
more experienced, the risk of stalemate, even if you're Garry Kasparov, even if you're one of the
world champions, the risk of stalemate is definitely there.
It's a way of drawing the game.
And sometimes opponents would resourcefully get stalemates by often, you know, sacrificing their remaining
pieces, making sure they run out of moves.
So, yeah, Stoma is to be, you know, looked after, there's another way of checking here, you know,
check and you can carry on checks until, you know, you try and get a check, mate.
This is another way of doing it where you chase thinking, OK, you might take more moves, but at least
so the king can't go there, at least all that.
So this situation, you know, is a safe way of getting a check.
Mate, if you go around like this way of doing things, then, yeah, you're risking a stalemate because
the opponents king is not in check.
So keep up the checks to avoid such a stalemate, especially when you're up in material.
OK, but so much.