Dictionary

1. (

• checkmate

) complete victory ;

2. (

• checkmate ,
• mate

) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king ;

1. (

• checkmate ,
• mate

) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" ;