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    This question is similar to: Why was this a draw?. If you believe it’s different, please edit the question, make it clear how it’s different and/or how the answers on that question are not helpful for your problem.
    – Sören
    Commented Jul 6 at 9:28
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    @Sören Welcome to Chess.SE! The asker posed the question about the specific game and/or position they encountered and how they could have prevented stalemate in this specific game. Seems fine for a smaller site like Chess.SE to allow this question. I see no need for the asker to edit the question, and no need to close this question. The 3 upvotes seem to agree.
    – SecretAgentMan
    Commented Jul 6 at 15:40
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    @SecretAgentMan According to the Stack Exchange duplicates policy/FAQ, the site-wide policy on duplicates is to close it, not to give it a fresh answer. It looks like a duplicate to me, as the only "interesting" feature of the position is that the player to move has no moves - the details aren't important. The upvote count doesn't matter, of course - a good question can be a duplicate.
    – amalloy
    Commented Jul 6 at 16:28
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    I just have one question. What was the need to play g3 in the last move? What was wrong with the Qc1# move?
    – Элси Ринген
    Commented Jul 7 at 14:16
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    As I wrote about Solvia's similar Question 45849: "Always check. It might not be mate, but at least is won't be stalemate."
    – Noam D. Elkies
    Commented Jul 11 at 23:07