Inevitable Stalemate Challenge

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tinypotato17

The stalemate challenge is a challenge I created where you, playing as white, must set up a position so that ANY move you make leaves your opponent in stalemate.  The rules - 

 

- The white king must not be in check (to prevent solutions like this)

- Your solution may not include more pieces of a specific type than you start out with.  For example, your solution can't have two white Queens, three white Knights, or two white light-squared Bishops.

- You may not include more than 4 pawns of any color

- The black king can not be trapped by his own pieces like here:

- You get points based on how many pieces you have in your position. (9 points for including a Queen, 5 points for including at least one Rook, 3 points for including at least one Bishop, 3 points for including at least one Knight, and 1 point for including at least one Pawn of each color, for a maximum of 21 points per solution.)

Here is an example solution that I created (21 points)

 

Post your solutions or create your own stalemate puzzles!

tinypotato17

Close, but you have 9 white pawns, so it is not a solution.  The king can also take the f4 pawn after any move, so it isn't stalemate.

tinypotato17

The black king can still take the undefended f6 and h6 pawns

huihuithepoodle

 

Aron_08

 

Aron_08
PawnAvalanche08 írta:

 

I don't think this a draw because white can sacrifice his white square bishop 

tacticspotter

this works?

tacticspotter

oh wait no

tacticspotter

edit:now it works

Aron_08

black's nknight can jump on b5 and on d5

tacticspotter

ok...

Arisktotle

Now, this is a simple challenge. Let's make it a bit spicier. Not only should every white move place black in a stalemate, but also black should not already be in stalemate if on move! 

In the example below black could play ..Kh1 but no more after white plays one of his 14 legal moves. Can you increase the number of 14 stalemate variations?

 

 

tacticspotter

but mine is posted before the rule

tacticspotter

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tinypotato17

It was posted before the rule, but itiit wasn't a solution because ifwif captures one of the rooks, then black can make a pawn move, so it isn't stalemate.

tacticspotter

i don't understand ifwif and itiit part...

tinypotato17

Typo. Supposed to be if and if white

tacticspotter

then the first 2 also did not win

tacticspotter

the first one can put a knight infront of the pawn so it is not forced, same goes for the rook

tacticspotter
tacticspotter 写道:

the first one can put a knight infront of the pawn so it is not forced, same goes for the rook

the rook is for second one