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Endgame: Stalemate
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Stalemate is when one it's one side's turn,but they have no legal moves AND the player is not in check.If that's so,then the position is stalemate.Stalemate mostly occurs in the endgame.It usually what the inferior side's (the side which is down material and/or has the weaker postion) goal in the endgame.All games ending in stalemate is a draw.In this collection,all the games rather end in stalemate or will be stalemate on the next move.This includes stalemate traps.In order by date.Below are some diagrams of stalemate.

Quickest Known Stalemate:
(by Sam Loyd) 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


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Another quick one:
(by Frederick Rhine, a.k.a. User: FSR) 1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 f6 3.Qxd7+ Kf7 4.Qxd8 Bf5 5.Qxb8 h5 6.Qxa8 Rh6 7.Qxb7 a6 8.Qxa6 Bh7 9.h4 Kg6 10.Qe6


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(rest coming soon)

84.Kf6
Burn vs Pillsbury, 1898 
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2

78.Kf6
Tartakower vs Reti, 1925 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2

50.Rg7+
Larry Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963 
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

124.Bg7
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978 
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 124 moves, 1/2-1/2

55...Qe5+
Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

38...Rh2+
Beliavsky vs Christiansen, 1987 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2

78.Qc5
Kasparov vs Kiril Georgiev, 1988 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2

179...Nc8
R Kempinski vs Epishin, 2001  
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 179 moves, 1/2-1/2

108...Bxd2
Carlsen vs Van Wely, 2007 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 109 moves, 1/2-1/2

65...Kxf5
Anand vs Kramnik, 2007 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2

139...Bxb3
McShane vs Kramnik, 2010 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 139 moves, 1/2-1/2

74.Rxa5
Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2011 
(D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2

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