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Questions tagged [stalemate]

A chess game is said to end in stalemate when the player to move has no legal move and his king is not in check.

From FIDE Laws of Chess:

The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his king is not in check. The game is said to end in stalemate. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the stalemate position was legal.

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Can the king step into stalemate?

Is it possible that the king can move to a square, and the opponent can move, but no matter where it is a stalemate? If it is impossible, how do you prove that?
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Tricks to force stalemate?

When playing against a novice player, how can you attempt to force stalemate (please don't ask how you would get there against a novice player)
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Proving the fastest way for stalemate

I know that Sam Loydfound the 9.5 move stalemate, but how can we prove that his way of reaching stalemate is the fastest?
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A confusing situation-is this stalemate?

Today I played a game, and it was my turn in the endgame. I had only one pawn, which is blocked, and my king left. But my king could move only to a single square legally, as it would otherwise be in check. However, on the next move of mine, I had to…
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If the king is blocked is it checkmate?

If the king is alone and it is blocked is it checkmate? And opponent has blocked with the king and pawn and he did not keep check if we move means that it is check.
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