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checkmate

/ˈtʃek.meɪt/

Traducción: Sustantivo que designa la posición ganadora en el ajedrez en la que el rey contrario está bajo ataque y no puede evitar ser capturado; se usa a menudo metafóricamente para referirse a una victoria decisiva o a una situación sin salida., Verbo usado en ajedrez para indicar la acción de poner al rey contrario en una posición de jaque inevitable, lo que resulta en la victoria de la partida.

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noun

B1formalcommonsport/ˈtʃek.meɪt/

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.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa la posición ganadora en el ajedrez en la que el rey contrario está bajo ataque y no puede evitar ser capturado; se usa a menudo metafóricamente para referirse a una victoria decisiva o a una situación sin salida.
  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.

    🇪🇸Jaque mate

    Sinónimos: 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.

    🇪🇸Jaque mate

    Sinónimos: conquestdefeatdominationmasteryoverthrowroutsubjugationtriumphvictorywin

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

verb

C1formalcommon/ˈtʃek.meɪt/

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.

  • 🇪🇸Verbo usado en ajedrez para indicar la acción de poner al rey contrario en una posición de jaque inevitable, lo que resulta en la victoria de la partida.
  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.

    🇪🇸Dar mate

    Sinónimos: mate

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