Answers.Body: <p>If by &quot;possible&quot; you mean &quot;legal&quot;, then Brian's answer is all you need.</p>
  <p>Alternatively, if you mean &quot;can it happen&quot;, then yes, if both players agree to a result, and no one challenges it by looking at the position, then the result will likely stand. In general, once the game is completed and the result recorded, there is limited scope for appeal even if a discrepancy is later found.</p>
  <p>Anecdotally, it has happened at least twice in my playing career where I found after the fact that a pawn was moved to an adjacent square while I wasn't looking. So mistakes do happen and if not picked up, the result stands.</p>
  
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  <p>Can you resign in a stalemated position?</p>
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  <p>No. Stalemate ends the game. Nothing further is possible after that.</p>
  <p>According to the <a href="https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018" rel="noreferrer">FIDE Laws of Chess</a>:</p>
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  <p>5.2.1 The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his king is not in check. The game is said to end in ‘stalemate’. <em><strong>This immediately ends the game</strong></em>, provided that the move producing the stalemate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7.</p>
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Body: <p>Say that two players, likely lower rated, are playing a rated tournament over-the-board game. Player A has a winning position, and then blunders a move and stalemates. Player B, misunderstanding the position, does not realize they are in stalemate, and immediately resigns as they believe they lost.</p>
  <p>The game is currently a stalemate, but Player B has resigned—what is the result of the game? Can you resign in a stalemated position? At a deeper level, what is the technical point at which the game ends and the result is final: the material position of checkmate or stalemate; the players (or arbiter, if need be) agreement; the clocks stopping; or the placement kings in the middle of the board?</p>
  <p>If this question depends on which chess organization the game is played under, while treatments of any chess jurisdiction would be useful, I’m particularly interested in USCF and to a lesser extent FIDE.</p>
  
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Title: Is it possible to resign in stalemate?
ThreadText: # Is it possible to resign in stalemate?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-22)
  
  Say that two players, likely lower rated, are playing a rated tournament over-the-board game. Player A has a winning position, and then blunders a move and stalemates. Player B, misunderstanding the position, does not realize they are in stalemate, and immediately resigns as they believe they lost.
  
  The game is currently a stalemate, but Player B has resigned—what is the result of the game? Can you resign in a stalemated position? At a deeper level, what is the technical point at which the game ends and the result is final: the material position of checkmate or stalemate; the players (or arbiter, if need be) agreement; the clocks stopping; or the placement kings in the middle of the board?
  
  If this question depends on which chess organization the game is played under, while treatments of any chess jurisdiction would be useful, I’m particularly interested in USCF and to a lesser extent FIDE.
  
  **Tags:** rules, fide, stalemate, uscf, resigning
  
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  > **username_1**: Related: [Can a player resign after checkmating their opponent?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/q/29785)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-01-22. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  > Can you resign in a stalemated position?
  
  No. Stalemate ends the game. Nothing further is possible after that.
  
  According to the [FIDE Laws of Chess](https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018):
  
  > 5.2.1 The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his king is not in check. The game is said to end in ‘stalemate’. ***This immediately ends the game***, provided that the move producing the stalemate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2021-01-24. Score: 1
  
  If by "possible" you mean "legal", then Brian's answer is all you need.
  
  Alternatively, if you mean "can it happen", then yes, if both players agree to a result, and no one challenges it by looking at the position, then the result will likely stand. In general, once the game is completed and the result recorded, there is limited scope for appeal even if a discrepancy is later found.
  
  Anecdotally, it has happened at least twice in my playing career where I found after the fact that a pawn was moved to an adjacent square while I wasn't looking. So mistakes do happen and if not picked up, the result stands.
  
  
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