Letter #19 -  2002

Sub:    Stalemate in ten moves
Date:   7/30/2002 6:36:26 PM MDT
From:  tcthomas
To:      service@chess-poster.com

I'm trying to find a game that was stalemate in only 10 moves!

I was hoping you could help because my friend doesn't believe it's possible, but I know I saw it when I was a kid.

Thanks in advance,
tcthomas

Dear viewer,

We found the following:

This amazing game is a stalemate on ten moves! It was posted on the rec.games.chess.misc newsgroup by David Barr, who asked:

“Does anyone know the story behind this game? A stalemate in 10 moves. From the bizarre moves made by both players, it looks like they had all of the moves planned beforehand.”

The game:

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