Top 3 fastest stalemates in history!

Welcome to the top three fastest stalemates!

We are looking at games that end with a player having no legal move.

All the entries on this list are actually compositions. By that, I mean that the moves were invented by individuals, they're not games that were actually played.

3rd place (18 moves):
Composed by Enzo Minerva
1.c4 d5 2.Qb3 Bh3 3.gxh3 f5 4.Qxb7 Kf7 5.Qxa7 Kg6 6.f3 c5 7.Qxe7 Rxa2 8.Kf2 Rxb2 9.Qxg7+ Kh5 10.Qxg8 Rxb1 11.Rxb1 Kh4 12.Qxh8 h5 13.Qh6 Bxh6 14.Rxb8 Be3+ 15.dxe3 Qxb8 16.Kg2 Qf4 17.exf4 d4 18.Be3 dxe3

2nd place (12 moves):
Composed by Chris Wheeler
1.d4 d6 2.Qd2 e5 3.a4 e4 4.Qf4 f5 5.h3 Be7 6.Qh2 Be6 7.Ra3 c5 8.Rg3 Qa5+ 9.Nd2 Bh4 10.f3 Bb3 11.d5 e3 12.c4 f4
An example where this game was played out for real, as a joke: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1281617

1st place (10 moves):
Composed by Sam Loyd1.e3 a5 2.Qh5 Ra6 3.Qxa5 h5 4.Qxc7 Rah6 5.h4 f6 6.Qxd7+ Kf7 7.Qxb7 Qd3 8.Qxb8 Qh7 9.Qxc8 Kg6 10.Qe6

This game has also been played out for real as a joke: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1339137

Mr Robot series 2 episode 4 clips:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glk1CHlLZAg

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