(Not sure if this problem has been posed elsewhere)
Find a position in which, if white is to move, white is stalemated, and if black is to move, black is stalemated. That is, find a position in which neither side has any legal moves. Your position must be reachable by legal play from the starting position.
It took me a while to find a solution to this one when I posed it to myself today. I imagine others will be quicker.
Originally posted by GregM (Not sure if this problem has been posed elsewhere)
Find a position in which, if white is to move, white is stalemated, and if black is to move, black is stalemated. That is, find a position in which neither side has any legal moves. Your position must be reachable by legal play from the starting position.
It took me a while to find a solution to this one when I posed it to myself today. I imagine others will be quicker.
Double stalemate is only a matter of locked pawns here and there. Here's one with only 7 units on the board:
Originally posted by David113 Black's last move was Kb8-a8 (after a capture by white pawn a7), or d7xc6.
Ok. Thats what I thought black's last move but I couldn't see how that was possible to get the pawn there. I completely forgot about it could have captured to get there. thanks for pointing that out.
Ooops, sorry. But adding the bishop would be nice, because then the solution would include not only kings and pawns. Eh, got to think some little bit more.