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nouna chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
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"Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"verbplace an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
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nouncomplete victory
Definition that contains checkmate
- chess a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
- chess game a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king