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Resolving stalemate quickly
Date:
12/22/2003 1:59:38
PM Mountain Standard Time
From: Bryan
To:
service@chess-poster.com
When I was young I competed in a Chess
tournament where I accidentally stalemated my opponent. Rather
than playing another game, the arbiter set up the board with two
Kings and one Rook.
Each piece was placed in a corner of the
board with the Kings in the same row. The object of the exercise
was to see how many moves the player with Rook and King would
need to mate their opponent's King.
The players would rotate
positions once. The player mated in the fewest moves loses the
match. The Rook-less player moved first.
I've been looking on the Internet for some
reference to this procedure for resolving stalemates quickly.
Do you have any insight?
Thanks in advance for your help.
chess-poster.com
Dear Bryan,
We do not have any information about the
procedure for resolving stalemates quickly.
However, we believe that the method mentioned
in your e-mail is an excellent way of resolving
draw or stalemate games at low level tournaments.
Your letter will be printed
in our
"Read our Mail" section for future
reference to other players.
Thank you for visiting us.
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