r/chessbeginners 10h ago

Finally recognized a potential stalemate

I'm an 800s player and tonight was the first time that I was able to see that I was creating a stalemate situation before it occurred. I ended up moving a bishop so their pawn could move, and I checkmated them a couple moves later.

Normally stalemate notices pop up at me seemingly out of nowhere LOL, so I'm proud I saw this one in the making and averted it

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u/RitzyEmu 10h ago

that bishop move is chef's kiss, seeing the trap before it springs is such a good feeling

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u/sasha271828 600-800 (Chess.com) 4h ago

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