22 Apr 07
Originally posted by geepamoogleI expect you're right about the 99.9% chance. But I should be pleasantly fascinated if someone could find that 0.01% shot. I thought it was impossible altogether till Peakite figured it out, which just proves, well nothing much actually, just proves that I am sometimes wrong.
Any plausible stalemate position will have at least a 99.9% chance of either the king being able to move into check, or a friendly piece moving out of the pathway of an enemy, and thus removing themselves as the sole attack blocker and putting the king in check.
What makes any potential no-move-stalemate implausible is the pawn structure required to b ...[text shortened]... e.
The pawns are necessary because they are the only pieces which cannot reverse their moves.