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Stalemate

Stale′mateˊ

(-mātˊ)
,
Noun.
(Chess)
The position of the king when he can not move without being placed in check and there is no other piece which can be moved.

Stale′mateˊ

,
Verb.
T.
(Chess)
To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.

Definition 2024


stalemate

stalemate

English

Noun

stalemate (plural stalemates)

  1. (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
  2. Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.

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Verb

stalemate (third-person singular simple present stalemates, present participle stalemating, simple past and past participle stalemated)

  1. (chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
    • 29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes
      The North Korean nuclear issue, stalemated for the past three years, is now back in play again - not before time.

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