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Article #749Mate or Stalemate?
From: Gary Mamon
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1985 23:07
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1985 23:07
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Is the following position (taken from Steinhaus, "Mathematical Snapshots")
a mate or a stalemate?
....kBRK
....PnPP
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Black (Lower Case letters) has just moved his Knight to f7 checking the
White (Upper Case letters) King. However, White has no legal move at all:
none of his pieces can move. The book claims that this position is neither
a mate, nor a stale-mate, nor another form of draw. Usually mate occurs, when
a King is put in check, and in simple terms, the King moves, but cannot be avoid
being captured on the following move. But in this case, White has no legal
move at all. So the game would stop at this point, before Black could capture
the White King.
What do you think about this?
Rich Gott and Gary Mamon
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