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How to use checkmate in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word checkmate? Here are some examples.

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I can just keep on checking you, forcing you to move where I want you to before I bring down my other pieces and checkmate.
Tomorrow, it's a high stakes game of chess where a checkmate means you might be checked out of Hollywood.
Surprisingly enough I even managed to checkmate the computer, though I think I had some help from my companion.
I chose the equal of two evils and moved my king into inevitable checkmate.
But taking the knight left my rook a wide open path to move across the board and checkmate your king.
To move her bishop to strike his knight would leave the king open on two sides without escape, a checkmate.
Ray knew as well as Leon did that there wasn't a single move that Chris could make that wouldn't give Leon an opportunity to checkmate him.
A final blow, White now threatens checkmate in one move and Black is lost by force.
If you know what you're doing, and keep at it long enough, you'll eventually achieve a checkmate.
Each believes it can find new allies that will help it checkmate or counterattack.
This is a fun book that will help many players, either as a basic starting point in the study of checkmate tactics or as a refresher.
This seemed logical enough since it allowed easy development and also allowed me to aim for the four-move checkmate!
The author next introduces the concept of checkmate, which is, after all, what one seeks to achieve in the game.
The King is very close to the corner of the board and Black threatens checkmate in two!
For example, it is not possible to force a checkmate with a king and two knights against a lone king.
Perhaps this checkmate will, over time, deprive the opposition of its support and erode the appeal of democracy.
Cain retained his confident smile, like chess master watching his opponent move closer and closer to their own checkmate.
Though the government is mapping out sophisticated strategies to checkmate their unauthorized intruders.
So I don't hate you now, and I don't even want to checkmate you now.
A dream of every chess player is to win the game with a quick checkmate.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Therefore, it is imperative that we know Grant's plans so that we can checkmate them.
She fled like a roe deer, and pounced upon the baby just in time to checkmate Mrs. Bury, who was at her heels.
I can see that he is artfully intriguing for Mr. Wharton's favor, but I must checkmate him.
He moved about the board with an assumption that said, I can checkmate you when I will!
It was the cruellest thing to checkmate him after so much labour, she considered.
Each player tried to checkmate the other by the skillful use of his men.
From now on we should be able to checkmate them pretty neatly.
It is his turn to take revenge with the irrevocable checkmate.
The siberian Railway offered checkmate to all possible opposition.
They may do what they like, but I'll checkmate them still,' said he with an oath.
What a checkerboard he had moved upon, and now the checkmate!
She got their whole plan and went along to try to checkmate them.
His enemies knew this, and they did their best to checkmate him.
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