cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25112863
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this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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It almost never happens randomly, it has to be forced by the losing player and it's not easy to do it so I think it's a valid way of saving the game.
The first part of your comment doesn't justify the second part. But it also isn't true that it rarely happens randomly. It rarely happens randomly in high-ranked games. Bad rules like stalemate have a much stronger effect on low ranked games, which is what most people play.
The first part of my comment entirely justifies the second part. It's a strategy a skilled player currently losing can use to avoid the loss, not a fluke. And no, it also doesn't randomly happen on low ranked games unless by low ranked you mean "absolute beginners who didn't even know about the rule".
There's a whole level of players who simply weren't thinking about stalemate at the moment. They know the rule, they just weren't thinking. Trapping the king so he can't move and nothing can be done should be a win.
It shouldn't. The whole point of a check mate is that the king will inevitably be captured. If you're in no position to capture the king, then you can't win.
That's only true because Kings can't move into check. This is an unnecessary rule that, like stalemate, makes little difference to high level players, but is a bad rule for low level players.
You seem to have a thing for calling anything beyond absolute beginners "high level". Stop it.
You'd call most people who play chess "absolute beginners". Most people would hang their king if they could and would never remember the stalemate rule until it was too late.
No, they wouldn't. Anyone who's been playing for like a month knows how to prevent a stalemate.