Post by perseus on Jul 19, 2009 8:54:35 GMT -5
How often does stalemate occur? I am playing to the rules. I think stalemate should really be a defeat.
www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/stalemate.html
The stalemate rule has had a convoluted history (Murray 1913:61). Although today stalemate is universally recognized as a draw, for much of the game's history that has not been the case. In the forerunners to modern chess, such as shatranj, stalemate was a win for the side administering it (Murray 1913:229,267). This practice persisted in chess as played in early 15th-century Spain (Murray 1913:781). However, Lucena (c. 1497) treated stalemate as an inferior form of victory (Murray 1913:461), which in games played for money won only half the stake, and this continued to be the case in Spain as late as 1600 (Murray 1913:833). The rule in England from about 1600 to 1800 was that stalemate was a loss for the player administering it, a rule that the eminent chess historian H. J. R. Murray believes may have been adopted from Russian chess (Murray 1913:60-61,466). That rule disappeared in England before 1820, being replaced by the French and Italian rule that a stalemate was a drawn game (Murray 1913:391).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate
I have one example in nearly 200 games on Stan's, i.e.
www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_game.cgi?460995???
Another first in this game. I moved my Queen where it could be taken as a gigantic blunder, a typo, and then I did again on purpose.
How many games do you lose two Queens and not lose?
www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/stalemate.html
The stalemate rule has had a convoluted history (Murray 1913:61). Although today stalemate is universally recognized as a draw, for much of the game's history that has not been the case. In the forerunners to modern chess, such as shatranj, stalemate was a win for the side administering it (Murray 1913:229,267). This practice persisted in chess as played in early 15th-century Spain (Murray 1913:781). However, Lucena (c. 1497) treated stalemate as an inferior form of victory (Murray 1913:461), which in games played for money won only half the stake, and this continued to be the case in Spain as late as 1600 (Murray 1913:833). The rule in England from about 1600 to 1800 was that stalemate was a loss for the player administering it, a rule that the eminent chess historian H. J. R. Murray believes may have been adopted from Russian chess (Murray 1913:60-61,466). That rule disappeared in England before 1820, being replaced by the French and Italian rule that a stalemate was a drawn game (Murray 1913:391).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate
I have one example in nearly 200 games on Stan's, i.e.
www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_game.cgi?460995???
Another first in this game. I moved my Queen where it could be taken as a gigantic blunder, a typo, and then I did again on purpose.
How many games do you lose two Queens and not lose?