Hold the Draw

It looks lost. It's a draw. Hold it.

How to play
  • Every position is objectively drawn — verified against the endgame tablebase — but a shallow engine eval reads it as clearly losing for you.
  • You defend against full-strength Stockfish that plays the winning side and steers toward the line where you are most likely to go wrong.
  • Only 1–3 moves hold each turn; every other legal move loses. Play a losing move and the round ends there, with the saving move shown.
  • Survive the move and time budget with the draw intact to bank the round. Five endgame archetypes, scored on rounds held and inaccuracies leaked.
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Hold the Draw

Every position is objectively a draw — and every one looks lost. You're the defending side against a real Stockfish that isn't just playing "best moves", it's steering for the line where you're most likely to go wrong. Only one to three moves hold each time. Find them.