user17841: See below my game last night, I am white and I got 3 queens. He only has the king left. We have loads of time left. It was a 30min game.
As soon as I moved my original queen up one space and got him into check mate, the game ended as a draw! 
How is this a draw?


user17842: It is stalemate (opponent's king can't move anywhere and not in check). Your queen move last move doesn't check his king.

user11629: A necessary condition for checkmate is that the king is in check, which is not the case here.
The position in question is called stalemate: black does not have any legal moves, but is not in check. The game ends at this point, and is evaluated as a draw.

17841: <p>See below my game last night, I am white and I got 3 queens. He only has the king left. We have loads of time left. It was a 30min game.</p>

<p>As soon as I moved my original queen up one space and got him into check mate, the game ended as a draw! </p>

<p>How is this a draw?</p>

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 17842: <p>It is stalemate (opponent's king can't move anywhere and not in check). Your queen move last move doesn't check his king.</p>
 11629: <p>A necessary condition for checkmate is that the king is in check, which is not the case here.</p>

<p>The position in question is called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate" rel="noreferrer">stalemate</a>: black does not have any legal moves, but is not in check. The game ends at this point, and is evaluated as a draw.</p>
