Answers.Body: <p>If the situation is as in the diagram below, it is stalemate. You correctly noticed that white has no legal moves: any potential move would put the white king into check, which is not allowed. Furthermore in the position the white king is not attacked, so it is stalemate (not mate).</p>
  
  <pre><code>       8/8/8/6rk/8/5qPK/7P/8 w - - 0 1
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: pawn have move but it is in direct check so it will not mate
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Answers.Text: @PrashantValanda: No, you cannot move the pawn, because it would put your king in check. A situation like this is called (absolute) pin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_(chess)#Absolute_pin
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Body: <p>I have a rook, a queen and my king while my opponent has only 2 pawns and a king left.</p>
  <p>The situation is complicated because they cannot move anything, except for a single pawn move. But if they move that pawn their king is checked by my queen. Is this situation stalemate or checkmate?</p>
  <pre><code>8/8/8/6rk/8/5qPK/7P/8 w - - 0 1
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Comments.Text: I looks like stalemate, but I'm not sure if I read your diagram correctly. Look here for instructions on how to make nice diagrams: http://meta.chess.stackexchange.com/questions/279/
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Comments.Text: If they are not in check then they aren't be checkmated.
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Tags: <checkmate><stalemate>
Title: Stalemate or checkmate?
ThreadText: # Stalemate or checkmate?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-27)
  
  I have a rook, a queen and my king while my opponent has only 2 pawns and a king left.
  
  The situation is complicated because they cannot move anything, except for a single pawn move. But if they move that pawn their king is checked by my queen. Is this situation stalemate or checkmate?
  
  ```
  8/8/8/6rk/8/5qPK/7P/8 w - - 0 1
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** checkmate, stalemate
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I looks like stalemate, but I'm not sure if I read your diagram correctly. Look here for instructions on how to make nice diagrams: http://meta.chess.stackexchange.com/questions/279/  
  > **username_2**: If they are not in check then they aren't be checkmated.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-02-27. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  If the situation is as in the diagram below, it is stalemate. You correctly noticed that white has no legal moves: any potential move would put the white king into check, which is not allowed. Furthermore in the position the white king is not attacked, so it is stalemate (not mate).
  
  ```
         8/8/8/6rk/8/5qPK/7P/8 w - - 0 1
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: pawn have move but it is in direct check so it will not mate  
  > **username_3**: @username_0: No, you cannot move the pawn, because it would put your king in check. A situation like this is called (absolute) pin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_(chess)#Absolute_pin  
  
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