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noun (wikipedia, Stalemate, Stalemate (chess))
  1. (context, 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.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: pat , patstelling
  • French: impasse
  • German: Stocken , Stillstand
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: tablas
verb (stalemat, ing)
  1. (context, chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
Etymology: stale + mate "checkmate"

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