checkmated

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Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss
Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game
Simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
past participle of checkmate
checkmate
Word called out by the victor when making the conclusive move
checkmate
To put the king of an opponent into checkmate

That jerk checkmated me in four moves!.

checkmate
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king has no possible move that can remove him from check, the threat of attack
checkmate
To lead to a situation that has no obvious escape without some personal loss
checkmate
Any situation that has no obvious escape and involves some personal loss
Checkmate
mate
checkmate
A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow
checkmate
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checkmate
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"
checkmate
To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape
checkmate
complete victory
checkmate
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king complete victory 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
checkmate
If one player's King (or Crown Prince, but note that if (s)he has both pieces on the board, then (s)he cannot be checkmated) is in danger of being captured on the next move, and that player does not have a move that will remedy this situation, then that player is said to be in checkmate Chess players should note that checkmate does not strictly end the game ‐ removing the King (or Crown Prince) from the board by capturing it is the proper way to finish the game In practice, the game ends with checkmate See Also: Check
checkmate
{i} act of putting an opponent's king in an inescapable position (Chess); downfall, defeat
checkmate
When the King is in "check" and cannot get out of check by the three ways listed under Check When the King is checkmated, the game is over
checkmate
a self-inflicted torture by novices who don't know the word "resigns "
checkmate
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
checkmate
The primary game objective in which a checked King has no defense and no sanctuary {Refer to ABDICATION }
checkmate
To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart
checkmate
{f} defeat one's opponent by putting his king in an inescapable position (Chess); defeat
checkmate
The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, which ends the game
checkmate
In chess, checkmate is a situation in which you cannot stop your king being captured and so you lose the game. = mate
checkmate
Trapping the opposing king The word `mate' comes from a word meaning `to kill' See also: check, trap
checkmate
When one of your pieces attacks the enemy king, and he has no legal moves to escape from check, he is in checkmate and loses the game See the lesson Check and Mate
checkmated

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    Etymologie

    [ 'chek-"mAt ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English chekmaten, from chekmate, interj. used to announce checkmate, from Middle French eschec mat, from Arabic shAh mAt, from Persian, literally, the king is left unable to escape.
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