fastest stalemate

SirLoseALot

Shut Gorohoviy!

Only Chess

28 May 04

SirLoseALot

Shut Gorohoviy!

Joined: 19 May 03
Moves: 14164

28 May 04

This is not a real game,it is composed by Sam Loyd.Thought it was kinda fun.
1.d4,d6 2.Qd2,e5 3.a4,e4 4.Qf4,f5 5.h3,Be7 6.Qh2,Be6 7.Ra3,c5 8.Rg3,Qa5+ 9.Nd2,Bh4 10.f3,Bb3 11.d5,e3 12.c4,f4 stalemate

ketchuplover

Isolated Pawn

Wisconsin USA

Joined: 09 Dec 01
Moves: 71666

29 May 04

I thought I heard of a 10 move stalemate a while back.

SirLoseALot

Shut Gorohoviy!

Joined: 19 May 03
Moves: 14164

29 May 04

Dunno about that.This is claimed to be the fastest stalemate without a capture.But maybe someone improved it.

LivingLegend

Amsterdam

Joined: 26 Jan 03
Moves: 27540

31 May 04

Wow! Where did you find this? 😀

O.

fjord

Netherlands

Joined: 09 Sep 03
Moves: 4786

31 May 04

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Originally posted by SirLoseALot
This is not a real game,it is composed by Sam Loyd.Thought it was kinda fun.
1.d4,d6 2.Qd2,e5 3.a4,e4 4.Qf4,f5 5.h3,Be7 6.Qh2,Be6 7.Ra3,c5 8.Rg3,Qa5+ 9.Nd2,Bh4 10.f3,Bb3 11.d5,e3 12.c4,f4 stalemate

Yes, amazing. Even better than the shortest stalemate with captures.
A real game. Although Joahansson and Upmark must have been very good friends 😉

1.c4 h5 2.h4 a5 3.Qa4 Ra6 4. Qxa5 Rah6 5. Qxc7 f6 6.Qxd7+ Kf7 7. Kf7 7.Qxb7 Qd3 8.Qxb8 Qh7 9.Qc8 Kg6 10.Qe6
(Joahansson - Upmark, Swedish Junior championship, 1995)

Fjord

lloydk

Into the Breach!

San Francisco

Joined: 24 Feb 03
Moves: 3420

31 May 04

Not a stalemate, but this is an impressively brief draw:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1263859

SirLoseALot

Shut Gorohoviy!

Joined: 19 May 03
Moves: 14164

31 May 04

Originally posted by LivingLegend
Wow! Where did you find this? 😀

O.

Stumbled on it while surfing various chess sites.Forgot what site this was on,heh....