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checkmate

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1. checkmate - Noun

2. checkmate - Verb

3. checkmate - Interjection

Meaning

The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.

A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.

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.

To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves Source: Internet

According to him: “The amendment, which is without bias, will checkmate monopolistic and anti/competitive behaviour and by extension enhance the local creative industry. Source: Internet

Another gem was an unbelievably elegant checkmate Carlsen accomplished while goofing around with co-host grandmaster Jan Gustafsson. Source: Internet

A king and a bishop is not sufficient material to checkmate an opposing lone king, but two bishops and a king checkmate an opposing lone king easily. Source: Internet

A king and a rook is sufficient material to checkmate an opposing lone king, although it's a little harder than checkmating with king and queen; thus the rook's distinction as a major piece above the knight and bishop. Source: Internet

“Besides keeping our environment neat, it will help us to live healthy, checkmate the spread of infectious diseases like the corona virus. Source: Internet

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