STALEMATE
- in chess, a situation where a player not actually in check has no possible legal move, resulting in a draw; an inglorious deadlock [n -S] / to subject to a stalemate [v STALEMATED, STALEMATING, STALEMATES]
- A position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check
- A situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible
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