” What does ‘draw’ mean in chess? why can’t they kill the last player and how is it different from Checkmate?”
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A draw is when neither player wins. It’s like a tie game.
Chess events are a series of games, not just one game, so a win is worth the most, then a draw, then a loss is worth nothing. In events, draws are a big part of chess strategy and scoring. It’s also the chess mindset that one player has to beat the other player. You don’t just play until somebody wins like in other games. Nobody is entitled to a win, they have to actually checkmate the opponent.
A draw can happen when both players agree to a draw. This tends to happen when both players don’t think they can win, but a mistake could have them lose and they would rather go to the next game. This also occurs when players repeat moves. Let’s say I attack your king, and your king can go left or right. If you go right, I can checkmate you. So you go left. From here I move my attacking piece to attack your king and you can either do something that will let me win, or go back to that first square. I move my piece again to re-attack your king. In this position I can either let your king get away or I just do the same thing over and over, and you can either let me win or also do the same thing over and over. This is considered a legal tactic. If I am losing, I can just attack your king over and over to basically prevent you from winning, and you are stuck doing the same defensive moves to prevent me from winning. Chess players have to keep this in mind when they are trying to win. Creating a repeated move loop to stall against an attack is part of the game, and 3 repeats is used as the rule for both players agreeing to a draw. If you don’t agree to draw, make a different move.
Draws can also occur when there are no legal moves. This is called a stalemate. You might think this is weird, but the way that chess players look at it is that it takes 2 players to create a board state with no legal moves, so if you don’t want to stalemate, make sure there are will always be legal moves.
The last way a draw can occur is by insufficient material. This is when there aren’t enough pieces to actually checkmate a king.
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