checkmate
Şah Mat
definition
verb
I had one middle-aged student who stubbornly refused to castle, saying that his King would be trapped in the corner and checkmated .
put into checkmate.
noun
To move her bishop to strike his knight would leave the king open on two sides without escape, a checkmate .
a check from which a king cannot escape.
translation of 'checkmate'
verb
mat etmek,
yenmek
noun
yenilgi,
mat
example
This movement signals a departure from totalitarian politics in the country that have smothered civil life, made the state a facade and held society in 'checkmate' with constant threats of civil war and external enemies.
This could be a 'checkmate' if it weren't for Floyd's knight in the way.
The answer to the puzzle hinges on a chess problem Oliver Garland counts on his son to solve, wherein black can 'checkmate' white in two moves or less.
Tomorrow, it's a high stakes game of chess where a 'checkmate' means you might be checked out of Hollywood.
Good Chess players rarely play a game to 'checkmate' : they resign when it becomes clear they cannot win in other words, when the game has ceased to be dramatic.
I really don't believe he will 'checkmate' people.
A dream of every chess player is to win the game with a quick 'checkmate' .
I can just keep on checking you, forcing you to move where I want you to before I bring down my other pieces and 'checkmate' .
If you know what you're doing, and keep at it long enough, you'll eventually achieve a 'checkmate' .
‘It looks like 'checkmate' to me,’ Dravis commented.
His mind seemed to function like a computer: it anticipated each move of his opponent and was prepared to 'checkmate' the manoeuvre.
After that, Leon would be able to put him into a 'checkmate' .
I got his queen, then he got mine, so I got a pawn to his side and got him in 'checkmate' .
Can I now just force 'checkmate' with a sequence of checks?
As a consequence, it is theoretically possible to play a perfect game of chess - that is, both players could always work out the exact sequence of optimum moves, right through to 'checkmate' .
But taking the knight left my rook a wide open path to move across the board and 'checkmate' your king.
The times your own pieces have been blocked by the knights and bishops you seem bent on protecting, leaving me free to 'checkmate' you, are uncountable.
Ray knew as well as Leon did that there wasn't a single move that Chris could make that wouldn't give Leon an opportunity to 'checkmate' him.
if the rebel forces succeed in cutting off the road, they will have achieved 'checkmate'
The object of the game is to 'checkmate' your opponent's king.
I couldn't take it with the king or I would be moving into 'checkmate' .
A final blow, White now threatens 'checkmate' in one move and Black is lost by force.
Baker's whole game plan seems to be based on 'checkmate' .
But neither player could deliver 'checkmate' , so a draw was agreed on move 49.
if the rebel forces succeed in cutting off the road, they will have achieved 'checkmate'
He was fresh out of ideas, and his next move could be 'checkmate' .
To move her bishop to strike his knight would leave the king open on two sides without escape, a 'checkmate' .
This is a fun book that will help many players, either as a basic starting point in the study of 'checkmate' tactics or as a refresher.
Throwing in the proverbial towel is, however, not an option according to the rules of this particular contest, which state that the game can only end with 'checkmate' or stalemate.
How in the world do we ever expect to win this war, and, if the war is not winnable in the traditional sense, how do we contain or 'checkmate' this enemy?
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