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The meaning of CHECKMATE is to arrest, thwart, or counter completely. How to use checkmate in a sentence. Figurative Checkmate and Other Chess Terms
checkmate. verb [ T ] us / ˈtʃek.meɪt / uk / ˈtʃek.meɪt / to achieve a winning position in chess in which you have put the other player's king under a direct attack from which it cannot escape: My dad can always checkmate me within 20 moves.
noun. Also called mate. Chess. an act or instance of maneuvering the opponent's king into a check from which it cannot escape, thus bringing the game to a victorious conclusion. the position of the pieces when a king is checkmated. a complete check; defeat: His efforts to escape met with a checkmate.
checkmate. verb [ T ] uk / ˈtʃek.meɪt / us / ˈtʃek.meɪt /. to achieve a winning position in chess in which you have put the other player's king under a direct attack from which it cannot escape: My dad can always checkmate me within 20 moves. The goal is to checkmate an opponent's king.
Checkmate is a chess move that makes it impossible for your opponent to win. A checkmate can also be any kind of clear victory. In chess, a checkmate is a move that leaves your opponent with no more options: there is no move that won't result in you getting their king and therefore ending the game.
a. the winning position in which an opponent's king is under attack and unable to escape. b. the move by which this position is achieved. 2. utter defeat. vb ( tr) 3. (Chess & Draughts) chess to place (an opponent's king) in checkmate. 4. to thwart or render powerless. interj.
Checkmate definition: To move a piece placing (an opponent's king) under threat of being taken on the next move with no way of escape or defense possible.
