checkmate English

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checkmate Interjection

— In chess, the winner says "checkmate" when they make the final winning move.

checkmate Verb

— A checkmate in the game of chess, means you have won the game, and the king is trapped he can't go anywhere else onto the board. The man checkmated his opponent.

checkmate

— noun complete victory

— noun a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

— verb place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves

Synonyms checkmate synonyms

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mate

check

check and mate

thwart

stave off

stall

stalemate

riot police

restraint

overmaster

overcome

maneuver

inhibit

final stage

defeat utterly

corner

control

bowl over

be at bay

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Chess

• What events make up the game?
  opening move opening move queen to king's knight 4 advance castle capture take lose a piece check checkmate concede