Answers.Body: <p>It's called a stalemate, which is a draw.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>No, if there are no more moves available to black then it is a stalemate.</p>
  
  <p>If black has other pieces which have moves available to them they must move those pieces.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>What you are describing is what is known as a &quot;stalemate&quot;, a situation in the game of chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move. Moving the king into check is not a legal move. This is one of the ways a chess game is drawn.</p>
  
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  <li>Putting your king in check is not a legal move as you've realized.</li>
  <li>Of course, if Black has any OTHER legal moves he can and should play one of them!</li>
  <li>If a side <strong>TO MOVE</strong> does not have ANY legal moves, that would be a <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate">stalemate</strong></a>, not a <strong>checkmate</strong> (which is delivered only by the side making the check)</li>
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Answers.Text: Yeah at first it was a punishment for not being able to checkmate properly, but then also allowed for forced draws. It is kinda a good thing though - you have to try even if you are winning, and sacrificing pawns for activity is not that risky.
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Answers.Text: ...and stalemate means the game ends as a draw.
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Answers.Text: Which means that white just screwed him/herself out of a victory. Oops. :)
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Answers.Text: There are some endgame positions where stalemating the opponent prevents you from losing, so stalemate can be something worthy to achieve for the one who does.
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Body: <p>In other words, after white's move, black king is not in check.  It is now black's move, but any move that black could make results in check.  Is this a checkmate?  Is there a chess term for this situation?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I just lost a game where I was not in check mate. My king had no moves but I could have moved my pawns. They gave my opponent the game when his Time ran out. WTF.
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Comments.Text: @Jossie Calderon, the IM only edited the question, and specifically, he just added three tags, and nothing more. He did not ask it.
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Title: Is it technically a checkmate if the king is not in check, but all moves will result in check?
ThreadText: # Is it technically a checkmate if the king is not in check, but all moves will result in check?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-09)
  
  In other words, after white's move, black king is not in check. It is now black's move, but any move that black could make results in check. Is this a checkmate? Is there a chess term for this situation?
  
  **Tags:** rules, terminology, kings, stalemate
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I just lost a game where I was not in check mate. My king had no moves but I could have moved my pawns. They gave my opponent the game when his Time ran out. WTF.  
  > **username_2**: @Jossie Calderon, the IM only edited the question, and specifically, he just added three tags, and nothing more. He did not ask it.  
  > **username_3**: @username_1, interesting, you could post that as a question, but please give more details such as where was this played and who "they" are.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_8 on 2014-03-09. Score: 23 | Accepted answer
  
  * Putting your king in check is not a legal move as you've realized.
  * Of course, if Black has any OTHER legal moves he can and should play one of them!
  * If a side **TO MOVE** does not have ANY legal moves, that would be a **[stalemate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate)**, not a **checkmate** (which is delivered only by the side making the check)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_10**: ...and stalemate means the game ends as a draw.  
  > **username_11**: Which means that white just screwed him/herself out of a victory. Oops. :)  
  > **username_12**: There are some endgame positions where stalemating the opponent prevents you from losing, so stalemate can be something worthy to achieve for the one who does.  
  > **username_9**: Yeah at first it was a punishment for not being able to checkmate properly, but then also allowed for forced draws. It is kinda a good thing though - you have to try even if you are winning, and sacrificing pawns for activity is not that risky.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2014-05-06. Score: 5
  
  It's called a stalemate, which is a draw.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2014-05-09. Score: 3
  
  No, if there are no more moves available to black then it is a stalemate.
  
  If black has other pieces which have moves available to them they must move those pieces.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2021-01-05. Score: 1
  
  What you are describing is what is known as a "stalemate", a situation in the game of chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move. Moving the king into check is not a legal move. This is one of the ways a chess game is drawn.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_7**: Not wrong, but how does this add to the other answers?  
  > **username_6**: When I receive the e-mail, the questions have always already been answered.  Does this mean I'm not supporsed to participate?  Why bother to send me the e-mail at all then?  
  > **username_7**: Didn't you check you mails since 2014?  
  
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