I don't get it

Black king can't move, which is a stalemate, or a draw

I see, it all makes sense now. Thank you.

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The king is not under attack, so it's not a check mate; but since black has no legal moves available, it's a draw

in this case Qg6 means the king is not in check by anything and yet it cant move, since all possible moves put him in check, and thus are illegal.

Not in check + can't make legal moves (with any piece on the board, in this case there's only the king left) = stalemate

for example if black had a pawn or something somewhere on the board that he could move then it wouldnt be stalemate because black could have a possible move somewhere else on the board (moving another piece).

okay, so how is QG6 any different from either of the other moves? black still can't move without putting itself in check

the virgin Qg7 vs the chad Qg8

if opponent is not in check but cannot make a move it's a stalemate

In order to checkmate, you need to put king into a position from which he can't move from check to check
Moving from not-check to check is forbidden, so QG6 is a forbidden move, thus this is a draw, as there are no other moves black can make
QG7 and QG8 all place king into a check, and since he can't move from check to not-check, this results into a win for white

>inb4 retards who get enormously butthurt over stalemates because they project themselves onto the "winner"

>Moving from not-check to check is forbidden
Why is it forbidden? What if I want to commit suicide?

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Then you should play antichess instead, where the whole point of the game is to lose all pieces

what if your opponent refuses to take your pieces?

giri draws a lot

Then you can also refuse to take his pieces and someone will eventually give up

I think game should punish you for being reckless. If you accidentally put your king into check position you should just loose, there shouldn't be any rule from preventing you from doing such stupid move.

If you are deliberately surrendering, just forfeit the game.
The stalemate rule exists as a consequence on rules regarding checking and checkmating, as well as common sense. If you have a board advantage and the opponent no longer has any legal moves, it's because you fucked up on board control and don't deserve to win.

why would someone (who i assume is a GM) suggest QG6? it's litereally stalemate.

I guess that makes sense

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This is true, if you are up in material and make bad moves, you should deserve the stalemate for playing badly.

it is a joke about Giri playing for a draw most of the time

Giri's nickname is the artist because he draws so much

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I have a question that maybe seems retarded but is cheating allowed in irl chess tournaments ? Like, not caught not punished, i'm not talking in high level matches of course because they remember the board and know the 20 last and next moves too but in amateur

Neither G7 nor G8 are considered safe or aggressive, they're simply winning.

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only if you can access dev console, here are some cheats you can use
pawnshop - unlimited ammount of pawns
mylady - queen can now float
oppositeday - black can now move first
ticktock - resets clock back to 0

Aren't QG7 and QG8 the same? QG8 just feels more provocative because "Q is right at your side/closer", but objetively there's no difference

I can't imagine any tournament would accept cheating just becuase you flew under the radar with it. That said how would you even cheat in chess in the first place?

Absolutely not. In fact in chess you'll get accused of cheating even when you're not.