Checkmate

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 Also called mate. Chess . 1.2 a complete check; defeat 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 Chess . to maneuver (an opponent's king) into a check from which it cannot escape; mate. 2.2 to check completely; defeat 3 Interjection 3.1 Chess . (used by a player to announce that he or she has put the opponent's king into inextricable check.) 4 Synonyms 4.1 verb

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.

Verb (used with object)

Chess . to maneuver (an opponent's king) into a check from which it cannot escape; mate.

to check completely; defeat

Napoleon was checkmated at Waterloo.

Interjection

Chess . (used by a player to announce that he or she has put the opponent's king into inextricable check.)

Synonyms

verb

baffle , balk , check , defeat , foil , stymie , thwart , conquer , corner , countermove , frustrate , gain , outwit , stop , triumph , undo , vanquish