Why is stalemate a draw and not a win? Does anyone know the history behind it and why the creators of chess made it so that a completely winning position for one player could result in a draw just because the other player has no moves?
It's hard to explain indeed. If he has no moves he should be lost like in other games. I think they wanted to give the last chance to that losing player and make the game more surprising.
Good point, but in some cases, that losing player has literally no chance...
See also...
Murray, H. J. R. (1913), A History of Chess, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-827403-3
PK would win vs K if it were not for stalemate.
@Haymarket said in #4:
> You can read about stalemate's history in wikipedia:
> en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate
Thank you!
Well ,did you expect it to be a win for white lol? Or maybe a Zagowonolalayo
@pkill said in #7:
> making stalemate a win would be BOOOOORRINGG
Not to me, but for others, maybe...
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