Stalemate (disambiguation)

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A stalemate in chess occurs when the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move, resulting in the game being a draw.

Stalemate may also refer to:

• Draw (tie), a result in competitions where there is either no winner or multiple winners
• Impasse, in bargaining
• Political stalemate, when competing political forces prevent each other from acting
• Operation Stalemate, Battle of Peleliu in 1944 in the Pacific Theater of World War II