Draws

A final result in which the game ends without either player winning.

A draw offer proposes ending the game without a winner and has that effect only if the opponent accepts.

The game ends as a draw when one player offers that result and the other accepts.

A draw that arises when a rules condition is met without either player having to claim it.

A draw that ends the game only after a correct claim by the player having the move.

A drawn position where the player to move is not in check but has no legal move.

A position in which neither player can deliver checkmate through any possible sequence of legal moves.

A common term for pieces that cannot produce checkmate, judged by legal mating possibility rather than material value alone.

The pieces and position circumstances that allow some checkmate to be reached through legal moves.

A rules-based identity between positions with the same pieces, side to move, and possible moves.

Threefold repetition allows a draw claim when the same position appears for the third time with the same legal possibilities.

The game is automatically drawn when the same position appears at least five times, with no claim required.

A player may claim a draw after 50 moves by each side without a pawn move or a capture.

The game is automatically drawn after 75 moves by each player without a pawn move or capture, unless the last move checkmates.