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Topic: Fastest Stalemate
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OnceuponEngland flag

FlipFirst Move   Previous MoveNext Move   Previous Move (with variations)Next Move (with variations)   Last Move

1. e3 a5 2. Qh5 Ra6 3. Qxa5 h5 4. Qxc7 Rah6 5. h4 f6 6. Qxd7 Kf7 7. Qxb7 Qd3 8. Qxb8 Qh7 9. Qxc8 Kg6 10. Qe6


Some of you may have seen this before, but I thought I'd post it as an amusing distraction. It's the fastest known stalemate possible, by Sam Lloyd (1841-1911).

alib2004Philippines flag
wow... 10 pcs for black can no longer move.
although this can never be played in real life obviously.

OnceuponEngland flag
I understand those very moves were in fact played in a professional match. Apparently, the players only narrowly avoided being double-defaulted for pre-arranging the game :-(O)


FlipFirst Move   Previous MoveNext Move   Previous Move (with variations)Next Move (with variations)   Last Move

1. d4 d6 2. Qd2 e5 3. a4 e4 4. Qf4 f5 5. h3 Be7 6. Qh2 Be6 7. Ra3 c5 8. Rg3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Bh4 10. f3 Bb3 11. d5 e3 12. c4 f4


Anyway, here's the fastest stalemate possible where all the pieces remain on the board. Also by Sam Lloyd.


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