A draw also occurs when neither player has sufficient material to checkmate the opponent or when no sequence of legal moves can lead to checkmate. Unless specific tournament rules …

Sep 29, 2017 · If a strong engine (eg. Stockfish) plays with itself many times (say, 100 times), what will be the outcomes in terms of the following: What will be the proportion of draws? Will …

Jan 20, 2022 · My opponent was out of time, and Chess.com considered this was a draw. Game drawn - timeout vs insufficient material This pawn could have been promoted to a queen. …

Jul 30, 2020 · Draw adjudication: A game can end in a draw by three-fold repetition, 50-move rule, stalemate, 6-men TB adjudication, and the "TCEC draw rule" (ending the game at move 35 or …

Dec 10, 2024 · I am looking for a sequence of White checks which forces a draw by perpetual check. And critically at least one (but not all) of the Black responses must also be a check. …

And now, Kevin said: "You can tell that the game is going for a draw." My question, how can you play a game knowing that you are going to draw? Do you have to defend? Exchange minor …

Feb 26, 2020 · There's no information as to why it's called a draw. Some of my students start to take out a pencil and paper and literally draw in the middle of the game. Why is it called a draw?

Feb 18, 2024 · 3 Recently a game was played where two GMs swapped kingside and queenside knights and then agreed a draw (and got their just dessert): How often can the starting position …

Mar 21, 2020 · Re8+ a draw? Yes. With opposite coloured bishops you need to be able to generate two passed pawns and they must also be far enough apart. If they are too close then …

27 The FIDE chess rules describe that "The game is draw when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves" (FIDE rule 9.6). This rules is …