Answers.Body: <p>On your scoresheet you are required to record the result which 99.99% of the time will be one of 1-0, 0-1, ½-½. In the very rare cases when it is not one of those somebody will almost certainly be appealing the arbiter's / organizer's decision ;-).</p>
  
  <p>You are not required to put how that result was achieved, e.g. flag dropped, resigned, defaulted, draw by 3-fold repetition, draw by 5-fold repetition, draw by 50 move rule, draw by 75 move rule (I actually got to rule that in a junior competition a few weeks ago - a real pain in the backside having to count up to 75 ;-) ), successful draw claim under appendix G in a quickplay finish that my opponent wasn't trying to win, successful draw claim under appendix G in a quickplay finish that my opponent couldn't win by normal means, checkmate, stalemate, etc. Note that I believe some national federations still allow adjudication but FIDE does not.</p>
  
  <p>You get the picture! It would get a bit silly. Of course you are free to record that if you want. Just that not being a requirement there is no "approved" way for doing this.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: It could be technically incorrect to record a draw as "0.5-0.5". The proper notation according to the glossary of the Laws (under "result", referencing 8.7) appears to be "½-½". See also "Points" (Article 10), where ½ is again used.
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Answers.Body: <p>2c: </p>
  
  <p>Seems logical to use the symbol for zugzwang (no good move) and checkmate next to each other: ‡# (zugzwang is usually a circle with a dot at the centre.)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Stalemate is so rare that it doesn't seem to have it's own notation symbol. It is not listed in the <a href="https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=171&amp;view=article" rel="nofollow">FIDE Handbook</a>, section C.13, which is the official source on these kind of rules. Even the symbol for mate (<code>#</code>) is optional. I would just go for the word 'stalemate' like you did.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Yesterday, after squandering a win, I played on until stalemate (actually, I offered a draw, but my opponent isn't a native English speaker, so I don't think she understood; in a few more plies we hit stalemate).</p>
  
  <p>I realized I didn't know how to indicate this on my scoresheet and I just wrote "stalemate" in English.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Question</strong>: Is there a proper way to indicate "stalemate" on your scoresheet?</p>
  
  <p>For checkmate, I believe it's usual to write #, but I'm not sure for stalemate.</p>
  
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Title: Is there a proper way to indicate "stalemate" on your scoresheet?
ThreadText: # Is there a proper way to indicate "stalemate" on your scoresheet?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-02)
  
  Yesterday, after squandering a win, I played on until stalemate (actually, I offered a draw, but my opponent isn't a native English speaker, so I don't think she understood; in a few more plies we hit stalemate).
  
  I realized I didn't know how to indicate this on my scoresheet and I just wrote "stalemate" in English.
  
  **Question**: Is there a proper way to indicate "stalemate" on your scoresheet?
  
  For checkmate, I believe it's usual to write #, but I'm not sure for stalemate.
  
  **Tags:** notation, stalemate, scoresheet
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: There is no listed abbreviation in C.13 of the FIDE Laws. http://www.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=171&view=article  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-06-02. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  On your scoresheet you are required to record the result which 99.99% of the time will be one of 1-0, 0-1, ½-½. In the very rare cases when it is not one of those somebody will almost certainly be appealing the arbiter's / organizer's decision ;-).
  
  You are not required to put how that result was achieved, e.g. flag dropped, resigned, defaulted, draw by 3-fold repetition, draw by 5-fold repetition, draw by 50 move rule, draw by 75 move rule (I actually got to rule that in a junior competition a few weeks ago - a real pain in the backside having to count up to 75 ;-) ), successful draw claim under appendix G in a quickplay finish that my opponent wasn't trying to win, successful draw claim under appendix G in a quickplay finish that my opponent couldn't win by normal means, checkmate, stalemate, etc. Note that I believe some national federations still allow adjudication but FIDE does not.
  
  You get the picture! It would get a bit silly. Of course you are free to record that if you want. Just that not being a requirement there is no "approved" way for doing this.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It could be technically incorrect to record a draw as "0.5-0.5". The proper notation according to the glossary of the Laws (under "result", referencing 8.7) appears to be "½-½". See also "Points" (Article 10), where ½ is again used.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-06-02. Score: 2
  
  2c:
  
  Seems logical to use the symbol for zugzwang (no good move) and checkmate next to each other: ‡# (zugzwang is usually a circle with a dot at the centre.)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-06-02. Score: 1
  
  Stalemate is so rare that it doesn't seem to have it's own notation symbol. It is not listed in the [FIDE Handbook](https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=171&view=article), section C.13, which is the official source on these kind of rules. Even the symbol for mate (`#`) is optional. I would just go for the word 'stalemate' like you did.
  
  
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