(A) ** no clear victory or no movement of troops
(B) when one side surrenders
(C) when there are high casualties in war
(D) when one side completely destroys the other side
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Concept note-1: -stale·mate ˈstāl-ˌmāt. Synonyms of stalemate. : a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play. : a drawn contest : deadlock. also : the state of being stalemated.
Concept note-2: -Stalemate is a kind of draw that happens when one side has NO legal moves to make. If the king is NOT in check, but no piece can be moved without putting the king in check, then the game will end with a stalemate draw! Here’s an example of the most simple stalemate: If it’s black’s turn to move, the game is over!
Concept note-3: -The first recorded use of stalemate is from 1765. It is a compounding of Middle English stale and mate (meaning checkmate). Stale is probably derived from Anglo-French estale meaning “standstill", a cognate of “stand” and “stall", both ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sta-.