stalemate

situation in chess when no legal move can be done by the player who has to do a move
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stalemate

Summary

stalemate is a rules of chess[1]. stalemate draws 1,350 Wikipedia views per month (rules_of_chess category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • stalemate's instance of is recorded as rules of chess[3].
  • stalemate's instance of is recorded as chess term[4].
  • stalemate's instance of is recorded as theme[5].
  • stalemate is a type of chess condition[6].
  • stalemate is part of chess terminology[7].
  • stalemate is part of chess problem[8].
  • stalemate's Commons category is recorded as Stalemates[9].
  • stalemate's sport is recorded as chess[10].
  • stalemate's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • stalemate's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/stalemate[12].
  • stalemate's has effect is recorded as draw[13].
  • stalemate's different from is recorded as draw[14].
  • stalemate's different from is recorded as checkmate[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include rules of chess[3], chess term[4], and theme[5]. stalemate is a type of chess condition[6].

Use and Application

Part of include chess terminology[7] and chess problem[8], a sports discipline[16].

Why It Matters

stalemate draws 1,350 Wikipedia views per month (rules_of_chess category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] stalemate has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] stalemate is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect draw
    Instance of rules of chess, chess term, theme
    Part of chess terminology, chess problem
    Sport chess
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546954405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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