Author: Pierre Bourget
Date: 08:42:12 03/02/01
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On March 02, 2001 at 05:09:58, Ed Schröder wrote: >I just came across this beauty from Samuel Loyd: > >[Event "Shortest Stalemate"] >[Site "Samuel Loyd"] >[Date "2001.03.02"] >[White "Player_A"] >[Black "Player_B"] >[Result "1/2-1/2"] > >1. d4 d6 2. Qd2 e5 3. a4 e4 4. Qf4 f5 5. h3 Be7 6. Qh2 Be6 7. Ra3 c5 >8. Rg3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Bh4 10. f3 Bb3 11. d5 e3 12. c4 f4 1/2-1/2 > >[d]rn2k1nr/pp4pp/3p4/q1pP4/P1P2p1b/1b2pPRP/1P1NP1PQ/2B1KBNR w Kkq - > >Who can do better than this :) > >Ed Sam Loyd himself has the record with 10 moves. [PlyCount "19"] [Event "Strategy"] [Date "1878.??.??"] [White "Shortest stalemate game"] [Black "Loyd, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1878.??.??"] [ECO "A10"] [MLNrOfMoves "9"] 1. c4 h5 2. h4 a5 3. Qa4 Ra6 4. Qxa5 Rah6 5. Qxc7 f6 6. Qxd7+ Kf7 7. Qxb7 Qd3 8. Qxb8 Qh7 9. Qxc8 Kg6 10. Qe6 1/2-1/2 [D]5bnr/4p1pq/4Qpkr/7p/2P4P/8/PP1PPPP1/RNB1KBNR b KQ - 0 10 Pierre
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