Some regional chess variants have not allowed a player to play a stalemating move.

Before this standardization, its treatment varied widely, including being deemed a win for the stalemating player, a half-win for that player, or a loss for that player not being permitted and resulting in the stalemated player missing a turn. The outcome of a stalemate was standardized as a draw in the 19th century. Stalemate is also a common theme in endgame studies and other chess problems. In more complex positions, stalemate is much rarer, usually taking the form of a swindle that succeeds only if the superior side is inattentive. During the endgame, stalemate is a resource that can enable the player with the inferior position to draw the game rather than lose. The rules of chess provide that when stalemate occurs, the game ends as a draw. Stalemate is 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. Black has no legal move since every square to which his king might move is under attack by White.

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