n. [ F. échec et mat, fr. Per. shāh māt checkmate, lit., the king is dead, fr. Ar. māta he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See Chess. ] 1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Checkmate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkmating. ] 1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. [ 1913 Webster ]

To checkmate and control my just demands. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Schachmatt { n } | Schachmatt setzen

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Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

必死

[ひっし, hisshi](adj-na, adj-no) (1) frantic; desperate; (2) inevitable death; (3) (See 必至) brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) (shogi); (P)#12990[Add to Longdo]

抑止

[よくし, yokushi](n, vs) check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit; (P)#18777[Add to Longdo]

チェックメイト;チェックメート

[chiekkumeito ; chiekkume-to](n) checkmate[Add to Longdo]

王を詰める

[おうをつめる, ouwotsumeru](exp, v1) to checkmate the king[Add to Longdo]

王手

[おうて, oute](n) checkmate; check; (P)[Add to Longdo]

詰み

[つみ, tsumi](n) checkmate[Add to Longdo]

詰める

[つめる, tsumeru](v1, vt) (1) to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up; (v1, vt, vi) (2) to shorten; to move closer together; (v1, vt) (3) to reduce (spending); to conserve; (v1, vt, vi) (4) (usu. as 根を詰める) (See 根を詰める) to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do; (v1, vt) (5) to work out (details); (v1, vi) (6) to be on duty; to be stationed; (v1, vt) (7) to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate; (8) (the meaning "to jam one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai) (See 指を詰める・1) to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to jam (one's finger in a door, etc.); (suf, v1) (9) to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break; (10) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly; (11) to force someone into a difficult situation by ...; (P)[Add to Longdo]

必至

[ひっし, hisshi](adj-na, adj-no) (1) inevitable; necessary; foregone; (n) (2) (See 必死) brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) (shogi); (P)[Add to Longdo]

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