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NM whogeeyao
Jul 30, 2014
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How many moves does it take to stalemate an opponent? Find out by solving the puzzle.

 
Source: Endless quiz Cool
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MrEdCollins
Jul 30, 2014
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#2

Yep.  And now post the 12-move stalemate with no captured pieces.

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NM whogeeyao
Jul 30, 2014
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#3
 
Find the final move :)
 
Source: Starmute
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MrEdCollins
Jul 30, 2014
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#4

Very good.

These puzzles both appeared on my website, about 17 years ago.  I believe Sam Loyd is the author.

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NM whogeeyao
Jul 30, 2014
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#5

I believe that last game happened in tourney play?

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MrEdCollins
Jul 30, 2014
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#6

Both of these "games" are puzzles.  There is no way either game happened in any tournament, unless both players pre-arranged it.

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NM whogeeyao
Jul 30, 2014
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#7

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1281617

Yes these are puzzles, but people have brought it out of puzzle context. By people I mean two :)

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MeTristan
Jul 31, 2014
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#8

That's great.

Yeah, pre-arranged games are the only way this happened.