Stalemate on move 12 with all the pieces on the board!

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RJ_Cartier

What is the story behind this game? The moves seem contrived as though they were trying to reach this position?

tygxc

Here is a stalemate in 10 moves

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1424841 

Mandr19
RJ_Cartier wrote:

What is the story behind this game? The moves seem contrived as though they were trying to reach this position?

well I don't think middle game stalemate is achievable with reasonable play 

MisterWindUpBird

Just to be clever, or to manipulate results in a competition?

Rocky64

Check this blog if you want to know the origins of such quick stalemate games.

Shortest games to stalemate and ‘Mr. Robot’ chess scene

MisterWindUpBird

Wow, that's pretty crazy. Lol. 

NCknight1

You could just offer a draw you don't have to do this to manipulate the results of the game, it is just cool.