STALEMATE

stalemate

(noun) drawing position in chess: any of a player’s possible moves would place his king in check

deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill

(noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; “reached an impasse on the negotiations”

stalemate

(verb) subject to a stalemate

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

stalemate (plural stalemates)

(chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.

Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.

Verb

stalemate (third-person singular simple present stalemates, present participle stalemating, simple past and past participle stalemated)

(chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.

(transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.

Anagrams

• metalates

Source: Wiktionary

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Stale"mate`, n. (Chess)

Definition: The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.

Stale"mate`, v. t. (Chess)

Definition: To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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