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[[FILE:Stalemate1.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/stalemate.html| Patt - Stalemate <ref>Image from [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/stalemate.html Stalemate] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Winter_(chess_historian) Edward Winter] (1999, with updates), One of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Str%C3%B6beck Ströbeck's] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notgeld notgeld] currency, 1921, [https://oldthing.de/Notgeld-Stroebeck-1921-50-Pfennig-Harlekin-sitzt-auf-Ball-das-Patt-der-internationalen-Maechte-0029007546 Notgeld Ströbeck 1921, 50 Pfennig, Harlekin sitzt auf Ball, das Patt der internationalen Mächte] (German)</ref> ]]
'''Stalemate''' occurs if the [[Side to move|side to move]] is not [[Check|in check]] but has no [[Legal Move|legal moves]]. Stalemate results in a draw instead of losing the game if in check, and it is likely to occur in late [[Endgame|endings]] only, where it is a regular resource that can enable the player with the inferior position to draw the game, i.e. in [[KPK]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_versus_pawn_endgame KQKP] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_versus_pawn_endgame#Rook_pawn rook pawn] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_versus_pawn_endgame#Bishop_pawn bishop pawn] on the seventh rank <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66640 Marcel Duchamp endgame "splits" engines / hash phenomenon] by [[Kenneth Wingate W. Regan|Kenneth Regan]], [[CCC]], February 19, 2018 » [[Chess Problems, Compositions and Studies]], [[:Category:Marcel Duchamp|Marcel Duchamp]], [[Transposition Table]]</ref>.
In others contexts, the word ''stalemate'' is also used for a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor metaphor] when a conflict resolution seems difficult or impossible, i.e. a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-win_situation lose-lose situation].
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=437137 CQL - Stalemate with 2 pieces pinned] by James Constance, [[CCC]], July 17, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=461139 Detecting stalemate with a pseudo-legal movegenerator?] by Frederik Tack, [[CCC]], November 11, 2005
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17260 Fruit2.3.1 stalemate bug] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], October 21, 2007 » [[Fruit]]
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=8533 How to check for checkmate/stalemate programmatically?] by Valentin, [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], November 22, 2008 » [[Checkmate]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60193 Surprisingly difficult stalemate problem (for some engines)] by Juha Nieminen, [[CCC]], May 16, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60572 Rabid rook escape] by [[Henk van den Belt]], [[CCC]], June 23, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=70385 Tragic comedy in pondering] by [[Ferdinand Mosca]], [[CCC]], April 02, 2019 » [[Pondering]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=70862 Interior node recognizer and capture / stalemate] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], May 30, 2019 » [[Interior Node Recognizer]]
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