Stalemate

Noun

 * 1)  The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
 * 2) Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.

Related terms

 * checkmate
 * mate
 * stale

Verb

 * 1)  To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.

Thesaurus
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, arrest, bell, blind alley, block, box, brake, bring to, bring up short, check, checkmate, corner, cul-de-sac, cut short, cutoff, dam, dead end, dead heat, dead stop, dead-end street, deadlock, draw, draw rein, end, endgame, ending, even break, extremity, fair shake, final whistle, freeze, full stop, grinding halt, gun, halt, hole, impasse, knotted score, lockout, mate, neck-and-neck race, photo finish, pull up, put paid to, sit-down strike, stall, stand, stand-off, standoff, standstill, stay, stem, stem the tide, stop, stop cold, stop dead, stop short, stoppage, strike, the same, tie, walkout, work stoppage

Etymology
stale + mate "checkmate"

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: пат
 * Chinese:
 * , (duìzhì zhuàngtài)
 * Croatian: pat
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: pat, patstelling
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Irish: leamhsháinn
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 行き詰り, ステイルメイト
 * Korean: 교착상태
 * Latin: (Classical) matum stabilis, (Modern) stancamentum
 * Macedonian: пат
 * Polish:
 * Russian: пат
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: طريق مسدود, مأزق
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: безизходица
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 僵局
 * French:
 * German: Stocken, Stillstand


 * Greek: αδιέξοδο
 * Macedonian: ќор-сокак
 * Polish:
 * Russian: тупик, пат, безвыходное положение
 * Spanish: un punto muerto, estancamiento
 * Telugu: ప్రతిష్టంభన (pratishTaMbhana)

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