Checkmate a KING.

murraywash

Only Chess

20 Jun 17

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53321

28 Jun 17

Originally posted by Habeascorp
Napoleon was after all exiled to Elba with no men and made a come back! (but didn't from St Helens.)

He must have used some Elba grease, eh.

moonbus

Über-Nerd (emeritus)

Joined: 31 May 12
Moves: 8703

07 Jul 17

Marshall - Lasker, New York, 1924.

This has got to be one of the best stalemates ever engineered.

63. QxQ stalemates!

DeepThought

Losing the Thread

Quarantined World

Joined: 27 Oct 04
Moves: 87415

08 Jul 17

Originally posted by Habeascorp
Napoleon was after all exiled to Elba with no men and made a come back! (but didn't from St Helens.)

I'm pretty sure Napoleon wasn't exiled to St Helens or Prescot either.

Shallow Blue

Joined: 18 Jan 07
Moves: 12477

09 Jul 17

Originally posted by moonbus
Marshall - Lasker, New York, 1924.

This has got to be one of the best stalemates ever engineered.

63. QxQ stalemates!

Not really. It's a good engineered draw, certainly. But it's not a forced stalemate. White can just walk away. Black then swaps queens and white has nothing, but... it's not a stalemate. IMO, the best stalemate ever should be a forced stalemate, not just a forced draw.