noun
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The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
definition
Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.
verb
definition
To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
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To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
Examples of stalemate in a Sentence
The two were well-matched opponents and their last game ended in stalemate.
At the end of the second full day, negotiations were still mired in stalemate.
By 1983 the war had become a stalemate with a permanent front along the border.
The silence stretched between them at the stalemate.
Nevertheless, solid defending had most of the crowd predicting a goalless stalemate.
Added to the continued stalemate in the development of Top Field, it was vital to address the situation sooner rather than later.
Young's tour of duty in Kenya ended in political stalemate.
Likewise, the checks and balances that exist in the nuclear stalemate between India and Pakistan do not apply to Saddam.
Iran has the strength needed to create its current stalemate with the West.
Despite its overwhelming force, Moscow is in a military stalemate with the rebels, facing constant guerrilla attacks.
Douglas Haig, the British commander in chief on the Western Front, called for " ceaseless attrition " to break the trench stalemate.
Ronaldo and Scholes started some vigorous warm-ups and were soon thrown into what had become a midfield stalemate.
Chances were sparse in a second half stalemate, with Barry unable to shake off the shackles despite forcing a couple of goalmouth scares.
That the position of affairs had become one virtually of stalemate was fairly evident to all authorities on the side of the Entente before the end of May.
A second successive scoreless stalemate means Alan Curbishley 's side has only been breached once in the last seven top-flight clashes on home territory.
Thus, the Duma 's approval of START II would not end the stalemate on strategic arms reductions.
Young 's tour of duty in Kenya ended in political stalemate.
In a stalemate situation we see companies indulging in pricing battles to maintain or grow their share.
In the event of stalemate in the negotiations, options for the next course of action are limited and could be divisive.
The Conference also heard statements by Russia on the " Five Ambassadors " proposal and Ukraine on the stalemate in the Conference.
Yet these devices held the key to new battlefield tactics, which could have broken the stalemate of trench warfare.
Africa had reached a state of stalemate.
As time passes, the Z Warriors become aware of the new androids as they battle again and again but always reach a stalemate.
On the quarter hour however, Wasps broke the stalemate.
In the end the second half reached a stalemate with neither side having many chances on goal.
Thus, the Duma's approval of START II would not end the stalemate on strategic arms reductions.
The whole thing had stalemate written all over it.
Rigid adherence by the parties to their past positions will simply continue the stalemate which has already lasted too long.
Those conditions of virtual stalemate which had prevailed before the arrival of the five new divisions from England set in afresh, and they continued to the end.