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Stalemate

noun

A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, standstill.

Drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check.

verb

Subject to a stalemate.

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"Stalemate" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the latter case it is impossible to drive the King into a corner without bringing about a stalemate. The mates by a Queen or Rook are so simple that I only give an example of each for the sake ...

— Chess Strategy • Edward Lasker

... beneficent despot! Behind him a disgusted nation, before him illimitable warfare; bound by the letter of an ambiguous treaty, occupied in a doubtful conquest, thwarted in his ambitions; in short, if not checkmated, put into a position very much like that known in the noble game of chess as stalemate! ...

— The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte - Vol. III. (of IV.) • William Milligan Sloane

... The situation was a stalemate with pure desperation on one side and pure frustration on the other. This was no way to end the war. Neither planet could trust the other, even for minutes. If they did not destroy each other simultaneously, as now was possible, each would expect the other to ...

— This World Is Taboo • Murray Leinster

... teaching mathematics and dabbling with a bit of research into the probable value of the ESP work being done at Duke University. He'd explained why he hated banking; Irma had made it clear that she really needed the mink coat no assistant professor could afford. It had been stalemate—a bitter, seven-year stalemate, until she finally gave up ...

— Pursuit • Lester del Rey

... may be, conditions after the first few months of campaigning settled down into a stalemate. Engagements on a relatively small scale were reported from time to time, but the balance of advantage remained fairly even. Both countries had fronts where victories would bring larger returns and more immediate effect upon the ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various