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Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture) and there is no possible escape. Checkmating the opponent wins the game.
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| Checkmate | is a | metaphor for an irrefutable and strategic victory | 0.90 | text |
| Checkmate | is a | checkmate delivered by a rook or queen along a back rank | 0.90 | text |
| Checkmate | related to Back-rank mate | An | 0.60 | section |
| Checkmate | related to Back-rank mate | It | 0.60 | section |
| Checkmate | related to Basic mates | There | 0.60 | section |
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| Checkmate | related to Etymology | The | 0.60 | section |
| Checkmate | related to Etymology | Barnhart Etymological Dictionary | 0.60 | section |
| Checkmate | related to Etymology | Persian | 0.60 | section |
| Checkmate | related to Etymology | King | 0.60 | section |
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