Millennium Europe Chess Champion M800, User Manual

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Europe Chess Champion - GB - Page 15
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Here, all 3 situations are seen in a simple example.
White is in check, threatened by bishop d5 and
must make a move:
1) The king moves to h2 or g1 (not to g2 where it
would remain in check);
2) The rook captures the black bishop;
3) The rook moves to g2, thus eliminating the
check.
If a check cannot be countered by any of these
3 tactics, the king is checkmate
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ie it couldn’t
possibly avoid being captured by the opponent’s
next move).
4.1.4 Stalemate – drawn game
If the player to move cannot make any legal move and his king is not in check, the game is a draw.
This is called stalemate.
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Here, it is Black’s move. His king is not in check, but
any move he makes with it would put it in check.
Black therefore has no legal moves and is
stalemated .
A draw may also be claimed if (a) exactly the same
position occurs three times, with the same player to
move; or (b) during a sequence of 50 moves for each
side, no capture is made and no pawn is advanced.
A draw may also come about simply by agreement
between the players.