checkmate in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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checkmate in the PONS Dictionary

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checkmate Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be checkmate
estar en jaque mate
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In some variations, a player may also win by checkmating or by being checkmated.
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The first is a checkmate in the corner.
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And, unlike in standard chess, king and rook can not enforce checkmate against the lone king on the cylindrical board.
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The first applications of chess on hexagonal boards probably occurred mid-19th century, but two early examples did not include checkmate as the winning objective.
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One's own king was usually threatened by immediate checkmate.
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It did, however, checkmate the opponent every time.
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As in standard chess, checkmate is a win and stalemate is a draw.
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If a royal piece is threatened with capture and can not avoid capture next move, then the game is lost (this is checkmate).
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The king, which has to be protected in the middlegame owing to the threat of checkmate, becomes a strong piece in the endgame.
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Checkmate became a requirement to win; a player could not win by capturing all of the opponent's pieces.
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