Crossword-Solution: STALEMATE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Stalemate | n. | 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. |
| Stalemate | v. t. | To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with STALEMATE (5)
Did they have any eyes, that day, for the wonderful prospect from the high terrace of the parade ground; for the river so far below, flooring the valley with silver; for the mountains pearl and blue? Did they talk of Stanton, of his waywardness, his furies? Of the terrible Committee? Of the way Lincoln had tied his own hands, brought his will to stalemate, through his recognition of the unofficial councils? Who knows? Lincoln was back in Washington the next day.
Unless matters were to remain there and the game end in a stalemate, bold measures were required, and those measures Charles adopted.
Stalemate If a player, without being in check, cannot make any move which would not get his King into check, he is said to be STALEMATE.
White must now be very careful to avoid a stalemate which would result if he deprived the King of all mobility without attacking him at the same time.
The following play might then ensue: (1) K-b2, K-b7; (2) K-c3, K-c6; (3) K-d4, K-d6; (4) B-f5, K-c6; (5) B-f4, K-b5; (6) B-e4, K-b4; (7) B-d3, K-b3; (8) B-d2, K-b2; (9) K-c4, K-a3; (10) K-c3, K-a4; 11) K-c2 (not K-b2 which would stalemate Black's King), K-a3; (12) B-b5, K-a2; (13) B-c1, K-a1; (14) B-b2, K-a2; (15) B-c4 mate.
Quotes with STALEMATE (3)
It smells terrible in here.'Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to forget in this age of deodorants and other perversions. Actually, I find the atmosphere of this room rather comforting. Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs. You may remember that Mark Twain preferred to lie supinely in bed while composing those rather dated and boring efforts which contemporar…
Our parting was like a stalemate….Neither of us won. Yet both of us lost. And worse still … that unshakable feeling that nothing was ever really finished.
So eventually, our mutual ignorance of each other's faith cancelled each other out and we found ourselves at a stalemate, a common ground beyond our misunderstandings, where we could begin a healthy and open dialogue about the similarities and differences between Christianity and Islam… but our face to face dialogues helped us begin to comprehend with some degree of clarity what the other group actually believed.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 27 times in crossword archives (1948–2024).