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Stalemate

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Some years ago the puzzle was proposed to construct an imaginary game of chess, in which White shall be stalemated in the fewest possible moves with all the thirty-two pieces on the board. Can you build up such a position in fewer than twenty moves?

Solution

Commit an attempt to unseal the proof. Write your answer — right or wrong, thinking it through is the point.

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