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If your king is in check and there is no way out of the check, you have been checkmated. No matter what you do, your opponent could capture your king on his next move. The object of the game is to checkmate your opponent's king - once you have done so you have won the game.
[[File: Video Chess - Black Checkmate.png|400px|center|thumb|Black has been checkmate]]
====Stalemate====
If a player is not in check, and all possible moves result in check, then that player is "stalemated" and the game is a draw - neither side has won. In tournament play a win counts as 1 point, a draw as 1/2 and a loss as zero. Therefore, a stalemate is an advantage to a player in a potentially hopeless situation.
[[File: Video Chess - No Legal Move.png|400px|center|thumb|Black to move Black is stalemated. He is not in check and has no legal move.]]
===The Rules of the Game===
The players move alternately, White having the first move. The game is won by the player who gives checkmate, or whose opponent declares that he resigns. If you have many fewer pieces than your opponent and you know enough about his ability to be absolutely sure that you will lose, it is considered good manners to resign the game. To continue would only be to insult your opponent's skill.
If neither player wins the game, the result is a draw. In addition to stalemate there are four other ways in which the game can end in a draw:
====1) The Players Agree to a Draw====
One player, when making a move, asks "Do you want a draw?" To turn down the offer of a draw, the opponent will normally say "No thank you," or simply make a reply move on the board. Making this reply move automatically rejects the draw offer. Once an offer of a draw has been made, it cannot be revoked, but when it has been declined the offer is no longer valid until it is made again. It is considered bad manners to offer a draw more than twice in a game. Once your opponent knows that you want a draw, he will offer you a draw when he also wants one.
====2) Repetition of Position====
If the same position for both players occurs three times with the same player having the right to move each time, the game is a draw.
====3) The 50-move Rule====
If each player makes 50 successive moves without capturing anything and without moving a pawn, the game is a draw.
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