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Stalemate

Stalemate is a situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move. Stalemate results in a draw. During the endgame, stalemate is a resource that can enable the player with the inferior position to draw the game rather than lose. In more complex positions, stalemate is much rarer, usually the result of a…

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Rules in other chess variants

Variants of chessWestern worldAsiaMakrukShogi
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Proposed rule change

GrandmasterLarry KaufmanZugzwangT. H. TylorFred Reinfeld
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History of the stalemate rule

ChaturangaShatranjLucenaH. J. R. MurrayArabia
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Overview

CheckKingQueenChessDraw
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Stalemate

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related to In studies · 45
Stalemate → American, An, At, Bd6, Bf5, Black, British Chess Magazine, Bxb2, Bxe5 After, Bxe8, Draw, Frederick Rhine, Kb5, Kd7 Qxh8, Kd8, Kd8 Qd7, Kxb6, Kxd6, Moving, Nb3
related to In problems · 31
Stalemate → Bb3, Be7, Black, Frederick Rhine, Games, Kf7, Kg6, Loyd, Nd2 Bh4, Problemists, Qd2, Qe6, Qf4, Qh2 Be6, Qh5 Ra6, Qxa5, Qxa6 Bh7, Qxa8 Rh6, Qxb7, Qxb7 Qd3
related to Effect on endgame theory · 22
Stalemate → An, Benko, Black, Fine, Hooper, If, In, Kf8, Kg6 Kf8, Kh6 Kf7, Kxh8 Kf7, Positions, Rh8, Saavedra, See Queen, See Two, See Wrong, Taking, The, Two
related to Proposed rule change · 22
Stalemate → According, Arno Nickel, British Chess Magazine, Emanuel Lasker, Fred Reinfeld, Go, Grandmaster Larry Kaufman, However, In, Jelliss, Kaufman, Komodo, Larry Evans, Periodically, Richard Réti, The, The British, This, Tylor, When Tylor
related to Modern Asian variants · 18
Stalemate → Asia, Chaturanga, Chinese, Consequently, In, Japanese, Jean-Louis Cazaux, Korean, Mongolian, Myanmar/Burmese, Players, Rick Knowlton, Since, South Korean, Thai, Thus, Western, World Computer Shogi Championship
related to history · 14
Stalemate → Although, England, French, From, In, Italian, Lucena, Murray, Russian, Spain, That, The, This, Throughout
related to Examples · 12
Stalemate → Amos Burn, Black, Gata Kamsky, Harry Pillsbury, King, Queen, Richard Réti, Savielly Tartakower, Stalemates, The, Vladimir Kramnik, With Black
related to Western chess variants · 11
Stalemate → According, FICS/international, In, In Gliński's, Instead, It, Server, The, The Free Internet Chess, There, Western
related to Etymology and usage · 9
Stalemate → Anglo-French, Chess, It, Mexican, Middle English, Proto-Indo-European, Stale, The, While
related to External links · 7
Stalemate → Chess, Defensive BrilliancyExample, Edward Winter, Edward WinterEdward Winter, Game Collection, Keres, Self-Blockade

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chess draw game would king player black pawn win endgame white rook move rule checkmate diagram position stalemated bishop also

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Stalemateis asituation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move0.90text
Stalemateis aresource that can enable the player with the inferior position to draw the game rather than lose0.90text
Stalemateis aimportant factor in the endgame0.90text
Stalemateis aloss for the stalemated player.In xiangqi0.90text
Stalemateis aloss for the stalemated player0.90text
this are occasionally played in tournaments as a pre-arranged draw.Double stalemateThere are chess compositions featuring double stalemateinstance ofGames0.80text
the Saavedra positioninstance ofPositions0.80text
which would normally require an underpromotion due to the fact that a queen would stalemate the opponentinstance ofPositions0.80text
no longer require an underpromotioninstance ofPositions0.80text
Stalematerelated to Double stalemateThere0.60section
Stalematerelated to Double stalemateTo0.60section
Stalematerelated to Double stalemateAn0.60section

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