dead position
position in chess from which no sequence of legal moves can lead to checkmate for either player, which causes automatic draw under FIDE rules
en-US/ˈdɛd pəˈzɪʃən/
en-GB/ˈdɛd pəˈzɪʃən/
position in chess from which no sequence of legal moves can lead to checkmate for either player, which causes automatic draw under FIDE rules