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Stalemate is a situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check and 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. [2]
In politics, gridlock or deadlock or political stalemate is a situation when there is difficulty passing laws that satisfy the needs of the people. A government is gridlocked when the ratio between bills passed and the agenda of the legislature decreases.
A stalemate is an automatic draw, as is a draw due to impossibility of checkmate. A draw by threefold repetition or the fifty-move rule may be claimed by one of the players with the arbiter (normally using his score sheet), and claiming it is optional. The draw by fivefold repetition or the seventy-five-move rule is mandatory by the arbiter.
Stalemate was added, although the outcome has changed several times (see History of the stalemate rule). Pawns gained the option of moving two squares on their first move, and the en passant rule was a natural consequence of that new option. The king and rook acquired the right to castle (see Castling § History for different versions of the rule).
Democrats are in a stalemate. On one side, there’s President Biden, a beloved patriarch of the party whom Democrats have for years called “Uncle Joe.” He has built a coalition of progressive ...
Good morning. It’s September, time for the third annual (for some, fourth annual) Return to Office Debate. It’s remarkable how stale that debate has become.
Stalemate may also refer to: Draw (tie), a result in competitions where there is either no winner or multiple winners; Impasse, in bargaining; Political stalemate ...
Avoid stalemate The winning side must be careful to not stalemate the opposing king, whereas the defender would like to get into such a position. There are five general types of stalemate positions that can occur, which the stronger side must avoid.