WEBVTT 00:01.280 --> 00:08.770 Hi there in this lecture, we see how you can draw game often by accident. 00:10.340 --> 00:16.610 Especially if you're winning, you definitely don't want to do this, I do this too often myself, especially 00:16.610 --> 00:23.750 in speed chess, even though I'm an experienced player, quite often I'm accidentally stalemating the 00:23.750 --> 00:24.340 opponent. 00:25.040 --> 00:30.020 It's quite good when you're ahead in material to actually stick with checks to avoid what we're about 00:30.020 --> 00:30.530 to see. 00:31.250 --> 00:36.620 But it's called a stalemate because it's not quite a checkmate here. 00:36.620 --> 00:43.040 If we go to Checkmate, our opponent with Queen Jeoffrey, unfortunately, the opponent has no moves 00:43.040 --> 00:48.980 available, no legal moves available, and the opponent is king is not in check. 00:49.670 --> 00:51.770 So we've actually just gone on. 00:51.950 --> 00:55.460 It's called stalemated the opponents. 00:56.300 --> 00:59.000 You might also hear the term on the news. 00:59.000 --> 01:00.740 You know, both sides are in a stalemate. 01:00.740 --> 01:02.180 They can't do anything. 01:02.720 --> 01:07.940 But here are it's yeah, it's stalemate because we haven't actually checked. 01:07.940 --> 01:08.720 The opponents can. 01:09.260 --> 01:17.030 Now, as a safety tip, you generally want to keep the opponents king in check to avoid this situation. 01:17.030 --> 01:20.270 So instead of doing that, go for a check, mate. 01:21.170 --> 01:24.320 It's good to assume that there's always a risk of stalemate. 01:24.710 --> 01:32.450 Even Garry Kasparov in one of the official World Blitz Championships, once he was a huge up in material 01:32.810 --> 01:35.840 and Kasparov is one of the greatest ever players who ever lived. 01:36.230 --> 01:37.880 He was greatly immaterial. 01:37.880 --> 01:42.170 I managed to get a stalemate, and so I ended up winning that tournament. 01:43.010 --> 01:51.080 So my safety tip for you, my secret safety tip is to keep the checks going so we can check hair, for 01:51.080 --> 01:54.230 example, and then we can swoop in and it's my hair. 01:55.790 --> 02:02.870 So, yes, if you still make the opponents in such a manner, it's because you didn't keep the checks 02:02.870 --> 02:03.050 up. 02:03.050 --> 02:04.010 The checks are good. 02:04.010 --> 02:06.440 You can't really assume you're not still making the opponent. 02:08.360 --> 02:14.240 So, yes, when you are pulling material, especially if it's a false chess game, even if you get much 02:14.240 --> 02:17.840 more experienced, the risk of stalemate, even if you're Garry Kasparov, even if you're one of the 02:17.840 --> 02:21.260 world champions, the risk of stalemate is definitely there. 02:21.260 --> 02:23.690 It's a way of drawing the game. 02:24.080 --> 02:31.490 And sometimes opponents would resourcefully get stalemates by often, you know, sacrificing their remaining 02:31.490 --> 02:33.530 pieces, making sure they run out of moves. 02:36.000 --> 02:41.640 So, yeah, Stoma is to be, you know, looked after, there's another way of checking here, you know, 02:41.640 --> 02:46.530 check and you can carry on checks until, you know, you try and get a check, mate. 02:47.130 --> 02:54.180 This is another way of doing it where you chase thinking, OK, you might take more moves, but at least 02:54.450 --> 02:57.170 so the king can't go there, at least all that. 02:57.690 --> 03:01.890 So this situation, you know, is a safe way of getting a check. 03:01.890 --> 03:09.900 Mate, if you go around like this way of doing things, then, yeah, you're risking a stalemate because 03:09.900 --> 03:11.520 the opponents king is not in check. 03:11.970 --> 03:16.020 So keep up the checks to avoid such a stalemate, especially when you're up in material. 03:16.770 --> 03:19.350 OK, but so much.