stalemate

/S T EY1 L M EY0 T/

noun

1
The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
2
Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.

verb

1
To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
2
To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.

Translate “stalemate” into another language

Choose a language below to open the translator with English selected as the source language.