checkmate

Plural: checkmates

Noun

• complete victory
• a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
• The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
• Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.

Verb

• place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
  • "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
• To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
• To place in a losing situation that has no escape.

Intj

• Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
• Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.

Examples

• My opponent checkmated me in four moves!

Synonyms

mate

Related Words

stalemate

Anagrams of checkmate