Pasting 1. h3 d6 2. h4 Bh3 3. Rxh3 Kd7 4. g3 Ke6 5. g4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Kf6 8. Ra3 Qd7 9. Rxa7 Kg6 10. Rxb7 h6 11. Rxc7 Ra7 12. Rxa7 Kh7 13. Rxd7 Nf6 14. g5 Kg8 15. h5 Rh7 16. g6 Kh8 17. Rxd6 Ng8 18. Nf5 f6 19. Re6 into the Interactive Diagram and pressing "Move" results in *** I resign! *** because Black has no legal moves.
"Blockade stalemates" like this one should be kept in mind when writing the rules for any new chess variant. According to Wikipedia, George P. Jelliss has called this type of stalemate a deadlock.
Pasting 1. h3 d6 2. h4 Bh3 3. Rxh3 Kd7 4. g3 Ke6 5. g4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Kf6 8. Ra3 Qd7 9. Rxa7 Kg6 10. Rxb7 h6 11. Rxc7 Ra7 12. Rxa7 Kh7 13. Rxd7 Nf6 14. g5 Kg8 15. h5 Rh7 16. g6 Kh8 17. Rxd6 Ng8 18. Nf5 f6 19. Re6 into the Interactive Diagram and pressing "Move" results in *** I resign! *** because Black has no legal moves.
"Blockade stalemates" like this one should be kept in mind when writing the rules for any new chess variant. According to Wikipedia, George P. Jelliss has called this type of stalemate a deadlock.