stalemate

stalemate

Posers and Puzzles

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chemist

Linkenheim

Joined
22 Apr 05
Moves
656411
25 Jan 22

After a question in the help forum I am interested in the minimum amount of moves to achieve a stalemate.

Secret RHP coder

on the payroll

Joined
26 Nov 04
Moves
155080
25 Jan 22

@Ponderable

Sam Loyd came up with this one, over 100 years ago.

chemist

Linkenheim

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22 Apr 05
Moves
656411
25 Jan 22

@BigDogg

Thank you very much. I had a much longer solution...

Jack Torrance

Overlook Hotel

Joined
04 Feb 11
Moves
46934
27 Jan 22

@BigDogg

Cute

e4

Joined
06 May 08
Moves
42492
27 Jan 22

Hi @BigDogg,

Why not have a bash immortality yourself and come up with a shorter
stalemate from a Chess 960 position of your choosing.
(let me know if you tackle it and when you succeed - this would be a good blog piece.)