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Checkmate

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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Etymology

History

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Basic mates

Common checkmates

Rare checkmates

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Checkmate

Nodes66
Edges65
Triples85
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
Components1

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Checkmate

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related to Etymology · 20
Checkmate → Arab, Arabic, Barnhart Etymological Dictionary, Europe, Greek, In, It, King, Latin, Moghadam, Māt, Others, Persian, Players, Sanskrit, Shahnameh, Shāh, So, The, This
related to Two and three knights · 13
Checkmate → After, Black, But, In, It, Ka1, Ka8, Kc8, Nbc7, Nd4, Ndc3, The, White
related to history · 9
Checkmate → As, Before, In, In Medieval, Later, Persians, Sanskrit, The Persians, This
related to Unusual mates · 6
Checkmate → Chess Federation, FIDE, In, Nevertheless, The, There
related to King and rook · 5
Checkmate → Again, Chess/The Endgame, The, Wikibooks, With
related to Basic mates · 4
Checkmate → If, It, The, There
related to King and queen · 4
Checkmate → In, Naturally, The, With
related to King, bishop and knight · 4
Checkmate → Also, Of, The, Two
see also · 4
Checkmate → Boden's MateCheckmate, Chess, Ideal, TrapModel
related to Fool's mate · 3
Checkmate → Black, The, White

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king mate knight position two bishop board white bishops black side move game queen force rook moves check chess corner

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Checkmateis ametaphor for an irrefutable and strategic victory0.90text
Checkmateis acheckmate delivered by a rook or queen along a back rank0.90text
Checkmaterelated to Back-rank mateAn0.60section
Checkmaterelated to Back-rank mateIt0.60section
Checkmaterelated to Basic matesThere0.60section
Checkmaterelated to Basic matesThe0.60section
Checkmaterelated to Basic matesIf0.60section
Checkmaterelated to Basic matesIt0.60section
Checkmaterelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Checkmaterelated to EtymologyBarnhart Etymological Dictionary0.60section
Checkmaterelated to EtymologyPersian0.60section
Checkmaterelated to EtymologyKing0.60section

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