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This is a good and instructive article about stalemating.

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actually. I find it pretty stale

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Originally posted by MIODude
actually. I find it pretty stale
Uuugh. That hurt.


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In order to give the thread a raison d'etre, what is the shortest game (besides the above one) ending in stalemate?

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This one?

1.c4 h5 2.h4 a5 3.Qa4 Ra6 4.Qxa5 Rah6 5.Qxc7 f6 6.Qxd7+ Kf7 7.Qxb7 Qd3 8.Qxb8 Qh7 9.Qxc8 Kg6 10.Qe6

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Originally posted by Bowmann
This one?

1.c4 h5 2.h4 a5 3.Qa4 Ra6 4.Qxa5 Rah6 5.Qxc7 f6 6.Qxd7+ Kf7 7.Qxb7 Qd3 8.Qxb8 Qh7 9.Qxc8 Kg6 10.Qe6
Yep, I don't think there's one in 9 moves.