is White who is stalemated. If it is Black's turn: 1...Kf8 2. Kg6 Kg8 and the position in the previous diagram is reached which is a draw no matter who is to play. Defending drawn positions Now consider defending positions when only one of the conditions of Rule 2 is met, which is not sufficient to win if the defender is able to prevent the attacker from getting a position that meets at least two of the conditions. The king is in front of the pawn If the king is in front of the pawn and neither of the other two conditions is met, the defense is easy. In this diagram, with White to move, Black's king is in front of the pawn, but it is not on its sixth rank and it does not have the opposition. White draws by 1. Kb2 taking the opposition and preventing the black king from getting the opposition or advancing to its sixth rank. (Indeed, this is the only move that draws. Sometimes this position is reached after Black has captured a pawn. To draw, White must be in a position to move their king to take this direct opposition.) Then if the black king steps to the side, White simply maintains the opposition: 1... Kc4 2. Kc2 If the pawn now advances, White gets to a drawn position by moving in front of the pawn. (Recall that if the opposing king is on the square in front of the pawn or the square in front of that, the position is a draw, with one exception.) 2... b4 3. Kb2 (next diagram) Note that 3.Kb1 would lose to 3...Kb3 because Black now has satisfied all three conditions of rule 2. Black to move cannot make any progress from this position; the white king simply stays on b2 or b3, unless Black advances the pawn again, in which case the king moves between b1 and b2. Black cannot disrupt this without stalemate, for instance 3...b3 4.Kb1 Kc3 5.Kc1 b2+ 6.Kb1 Kb3 stalemate. The king has the opposition In this diagram, with White to move Black's king has the opposition, but neither of the other conditions. White to move simply moves 1. Kd2 and black cannot promote the pawn, for example: 1... d3 2. Kd1 The defending king must drop back vertically. 2... Ke3 3. Ke1 d2+ 4. Kd1 and now the king must either