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Chess.com gives a draw result. I can't understand why.

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Black has no legal move, which is an automated draw by design. Every move at Black's hand would result in its king in check.

Rewan Demontay
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    If black cant move anymore, why isnt white win? – Otes Urop Feb 04 '22 at 12:34
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    You might want to study the rules of chess a bit. – starrin Feb 04 '22 at 12:36
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    It's called stalemate. If a player has no legal move, and is not in check, then it's a draw. You could play a game with different rules if you like (but it wouldn't be standard chess). If you want to know historically why or how that became the rule, you could google "history of stalemate" or start from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate#History_of_the_stalemate_rule – James Martin Feb 04 '22 at 12:43
  • @OtesUrop For a history of stalemate as a win, loss, or a draw, see https://www.chess.com/article/view/stalemate2 – L. Scott Johnson Feb 04 '22 at 14:49
  • But hey, Black had one legal move right? f4 is legal right? Why must it be a draw in that position? – NameError Jun 19 '23 at 13:17