Stalemate is considered a tie. A stalemate occurs when a player's only move is to place his own king in check, but it's current square is not threatened. As long as he can move another piece or the king can move to an open square, stalemate may not occur.

Stalemate also results when the only two pieces on the board are Kings, regardless of their position or the pieces remaining on the board make check mate impossible, for example one cannot checkmate an opponent with only a king and a bishop.