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--- strategies:strategies:the_gamers_guide_to_diplomacy_stalemates [2024/10/31 06:28] – [Position 5] lei_saarlainen
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 //See Part II of Robert Bryan Lipton's "A Series of Progressive Southern Stalemate Positions" for more details on this position. John Beshera's "Fundamental Stalemate Positions, III" details related positions which hold only parts of Italy, but which expand into Russia and Germany. --- Matthew Self, The Diplomatic Pouch (December 1995).
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   * A Ruh S Kie
-This position holds 11 centers against any Southern power. There can be no enemy fleets in the North, which means that Russia has been eliminated.
+This position holds 11 centers against any Southern power.
+There can be no enemy fleets in the North, which means that Russia has been eliminated.
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 ==== Position 5a ====
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 If Russia is still active, there is an 11-unit position that holds 12 centers. Remove U Swe and add U StP. Then:
-U StP H
+  * U Nwy S StP
-U Nwy S StP
+  * U StP H
+  * F NAt H
+  * F Iri H
+  * U Bre H
+  * F Eng S Bre
+  * A Bur H
+  * A Par S Bur
+  * A Bel S Bur
+  * U Kie H
+  * A Ruh S Kie
 There are several variations of this position.
-((See Eric Verheiden's "Northern Stalemate Positions" for more variations, including extensions into Russia. --- Matthew Self, The Diplomatic Pouch (December 1995).))
+//See Eric Verheiden's "Northern Stalemate Positions" for more variations, including extensions into Russia. --- Matthew Self, The Diplomatic Pouch (December 1995).//
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 ==== Position 5b ====
-Stalemate Line 5b.gif
+{{ :strategies:strategies:260px-stalemate_line_5b.gif?400|}}
-U Nwy H
-F Bar S Nwy
+  * U Nwy H
-F Ska S Nwy
+  * F Bar S Nwy
-U Kie H
+  * F Ska S Nwy
-U Hol S Kie
+  * U Kie H
-A Ruh S Kie
+  * U Hol S Kie
-U Den H
+  * A Ruh S Kie
-F Hel S Den
+  * U Den H
-A Bur H
+  * F Hel S Den
-F Lyo H
+  * A Bur H
-F Mar S Lyo
+  * F Lyo H
-F Wes S Lyo
+  * F Mar S Lyo
-U Tun H
+  * F Wes S Lyo
-U NAf S Tun
+  * U Tun H
+  * U NAf S Tun
+  *
 This typical Northern position holds 14 centers. The opposition could have fleets in StP, Swe, Bal, and/or Ber without being able to break out. Tunis must be held or the Mediterranean would eventually be lost. Variants of this position run up to 17 centers.
-((See Eric Verheiden's "Western Stalemate Positions" for numerous variations, including extensions into Italy. --- Matthew Self, The Diplomatic Pouch (December 1995).))
+//See Eric Verheiden's "Western Stalemate Positions" for numerous variations, including extensions into Italy. --- Matthew Self, The Diplomatic Pouch (December 1995).//
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 ===== Position 6 =====
-Stalemate Line 6.gif
+{{ :strategies:strategies:260px-stalemate_line_6.gif?400|}}
-U Den H
-U StP(sc) S Lvn
+  * U Den H
-F Mid H
+  * U StP(sc) S Lvn
-F Por S Mid
+  * F Mid H
-F NAt (or Iri or Eng) S Mid
+  * F Por S Mid
-U Con H
+  * F NAt (or Iri or Eng) S Mid
-F Bla (or U Ank) S Con
+  * U Con H
-U Smy H
+  * F Bla (or U Ank) S Con
-U Syr S Smy
+  * U Smy H
-A Ukr H
+  * U Syr S Smy
-A Mos S Ukr
+  * A Ukr H
-A Sev S Ukr
+  * A Mos S Ukr
+  * A Sev S Ukr
 This position is one in which Russia (minus Warsaw) can stalemate with 13 centers. Russia is the one Power which could eliminate both England and Turkey and have fleets in both North and South: an essential prerequisite for this position. This could also expand (into Warsaw or Bulgaria and Rumania), or it could contract in a number of ways.
-((See Robert Bryan Lipton's "A Progressive Series of Asymmetrical Stalemate Positions" for a full development of the variations. --- Matthew Self, The Diplomatic Pouch (December 1995).))
+//See Robert Bryan Lipton's "A Progressive Series of Asymmetrical Stalemate Positions" for a full development of the variations. --- Matthew Self, The Diplomatic Pouch (December 1995).//
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 ==== Position 6a ====
-Stalemate Line 6a.gif
+{{ :strategies:strategies:260px-stalemate_line_6a.gif?400|}}
-F Mid H
-F Por S Mid
+  * F Mid H
-F NAt (or Iri or Eng) S Mid
+  * F Por S Mid
-F Aeg H, F Con S Aeg
+  * F NAt (or Iri or Eng) S Mid
-F Eas S Aeg
+  * F Aeg H, F Con S Aeg
-U Arm H.
+  * F Eas S Aeg
+  * U Arm H.
 This is the minimum contraction of Position 6. One of the 4 Southern units is supplied by a center in the North. Although Russia is virtually the only Power which can achieve this configuration, it is now centered entirely on the two corner powers. Of course, there can be no fleets in the North nor in the Black Sea. (This means that the coalition Russia is facing would be Austria/Italy.)
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+//The only significant line not covered in this article is the Eastern line detailed in Eric Verheiden's "Eastern Stalemate Positions". These position use Turkey, Russia and Scandinavia as a base to expand into parts of Austria and Germany. These positions tend to be very large - all of the cataloged positions hold 16 or 17 centers. --- Matthew Self, The Diplomatic Pouch (December 1995).//
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-((The only significant line not covered in this article is the Eastern line detailed in Eric Verheiden's "Eastern Stalemate Positions". These position use Turkey, Russia and Scandinavia as a base to expand into parts of Austria and Germany. These positions tend to be very large - all of the cataloged positions hold 16 or 17 centers. --- Matthew Self, The Diplomatic Pouch (December 1995).))
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