checkmate

A noun referring to a winning position in chess where the opponent's king is under attack and cannot escape capture, often used metaphorically to mean a decisive victory or an inescapable situation.

• 🌐في الشطرنج، وضعية يكون فيها ملك الخصم مهددًا بالأسر ولا يمكنه الهروب منها، وهي نهاية المباراة بخسارة صاحب الملك. وتستخدم مجازًا للإشارة إلى هزيمة حاسمة أو موقف لا مخرج منه.

1. Chess move B1 formal sport

   A move in chess that puts the opponent's king in a position of inescapable check, ending the game.

   • He declared checkmate after moving his queen.
   • The grandmaster achieved checkmate in just twelve moves.
   • She studied various checkmate patterns to improve her game.

   🌐كش ملك

   المرادفات: mate

2. Complete victory B2 informal

   A situation where one side has achieved total and decisive success over another.

   • The negotiation ended in checkmate for the opposing team.
   • His brilliant argument was a checkmate in the debate.
   • The final goal was checkmate for the championship title.

   🌐نصر حاسم

   المرادفات: conquestdefeatdominationmasteryoverthrowroutsubjugationtriumphvictorywin

• checkmates plural form
• checkmates' possessive plural form
• checkmate's possessive singular form

A verb used in chess to indicate the act of putting the opponent's king into a position of inescapable check, thereby winning the game.

• 🌐فعل يُستخدم في الشطرنج للدلالة على وضع ملك الخصم في وضعية كش لا مفر منها، مما يؤدي إلى الفوز بالمباراة.

1. End a chess game B2 formal sport

   To put an opponent's king into a position of inescapable capture, thereby winning the game.

   • He checkmated his opponent in just twelve moves.
   • She checkmated the black king with a rook and queen.
   • The grandmaster checkmated his rival in a brilliant endgame.

   🌐إماتة الملك

   المرادفات: mate

• checkmated past participle
• checkmated past simple
• checkmating present participle
• checkmates third person singular