checkmate

9 letters · noun · scores 2,600 in SpellHuntr

noun

complete victory

verb

place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

Checkmate in a sentence

This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the checkmate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7.

My opponent checkmated me in four moves!

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