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stalemating
Variant of stalemate
noun
- Chess any situation in which it is impossible for one of the players to move without placing his or her king in check: it results in a draw
- any unresolved situation in which further action is impossible or useless; deadlock; draw
transitive verb stalemated, stalemating
to bring into a stalemate
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