fastest stalemate known in chess

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Thanks for reposting that. It has been several months since it was last posted. You should have noted that it was based on a 100 year old composition by Sam Loyd.

 

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/more-puzzles/stalemate-in-10-moves

 

It was first posted more than 10 years ago:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/fun-with-chess/fastest-stalemate

 

/ This old post doesn't work properly in V3 but does still work in V2.

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just.... what

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What

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NickGamingOnYT wrote:

Here is what a gm says regarding this topic very interesting https://youtu.be/3VfC-t6tUT8 .

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The person who was black must have 1 Fide rating

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lol

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lightcoc wrote:

The person who was black must have 1 Fide rating

I think this was a composition (read the first comment)

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If there were 2 different people then the person who was black must have 1 fide rating

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twist-

 

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there are the double pawn moves also but d4 is impossible

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It is seen in tournaments as a pre-arranged draw



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Is that the only fastest way? I think there are others I don’t know

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is it proven that this is the shortest one?

 

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was this giveaway?

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hard 
https://www.chess.com/game/live/20149825457

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I_make_mistakes_16 wrote:

was this giveaway?

No, it was a study. You don’t actually have to make a game that make sense.

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Ilampozhil25 wrote:

there are the double pawn moves also but d4 is impossible

only double pawn move is c4 vs c3. d4 is impossible (as you stated) but e4 is impossible too.

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cool