A stalemate occurs when parties in a dispute are not making progress toward a resolution Once a stalemate is reached, the parties may be ready for a third party to help them negotiate a settlement
a situation in which neither side can prevail in a conflict, no matter how hard they try Often parties must reach a stalemate before they are willing to negotiate an end to their conflict
A situation where a player has no legal moves to make Any move he/she would make with the King would put the King in check and he/she has no other pieces on the board that can move This game ends in a draw
If one player's King (or Crown Prince) has no legal move other than to move in to check, and no other piece has a legal move, then that player is said to be in stalemate This situation is a win for the other player, as moving in to check is legal in Chu Shogi See Also: Check
Stalemate is a situation in which neither side in an argument or contest can win or in which no progress is possible. President Bush has ended the stalemate over moves to cut the country's budget deficit = deadlock