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Oct 4, 2001

This week's theme
Words from chess

This week's words
zugzwang
checkmate
gambit
stalemate
endgame

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stalemate

(STAYL-mayt)

noun:	1. A position where no other pieces can move and king cannot move without going into check.
	2. A deadlocked situation.
verb tr.:	To bring into a stalemate.

[From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman estale (a fixed position) + -mate.]

"'We can again resort to lobbying in case we fail to avoid a stalemate,' Latief said."
Wiranto Elected Chairman of Team to Elect President; The Jakarta Post (Indonesia); Oct 28, 1997.

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