Q: What is a "stalemate"?

A: Stalemate is a situation on the chess board, when the player whose turn it is to move has no legal moves available but is not currently in check (see paragraph 4.2 of the Chess Rules). The game is automatically declared a draw in such situation. Most often this happens when one of the players has only a King remaining on the board and all squares around it are under attack, but not the square the King is occupying at the time.