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Why are some stalemates won?

https://lichess.org/U1TJt2uX#1
i tried the same position but it said it was draw

https://lichess.org/U1TJt2uX#1 i tried the same position but it said it was draw

All are stale but some are more stale...

Probably an ancient coding/importing glitch or rigged sources, for example I found this game in the Megabase with the result "0-1" - cannot reproduce because lichess import works well.

[Event "Bayern-chA 66th"]
[Site "Wuerzburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Urban, Michael"]
[Black "Kraeussling, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1995.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

https://lichess.org/pukc7Hua

PS: or the opponent resigned which counted?

All are stale but some are more stale... Probably an ancient coding/importing glitch or rigged sources, for example I found this game in the Megabase with the result "0-1" - cannot reproduce because lichess import works well. [Event "Bayern-chA 66th"] [Site "Wuerzburg"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Urban, Michael"] [Black "Kraeussling, Andreas"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2138"] [BlackElo "2200"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "1995.08.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] https://lichess.org/pukc7Hua PS: or the opponent resigned which counted?

There are also 7 games in the Lichess database where illegal castling occured, but this in 2013 I think and before. It's been patched since, so I wouldn't be surprised if, like others have said, this is a small archaic glitch.

There are also 7 games in the Lichess database where illegal castling occured, but this in 2013 I think and before. It's been patched since, so I wouldn't be surprised if, like others have said, this is a small archaic glitch.

While working at the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies, Kurt Godel proved conlcusively a won stalemate is absolutely possible, only not in this universe.

Just sayin ...

While working at the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies, Kurt Godel proved conlcusively a won stalemate is absolutely possible, only not in this universe. Just sayin ...

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