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checkmate

Games; Chess

In chess, notifying the putting of an opponent's king into inextricable check, by which the game is won.

The knight is a piece in the game in chess, representing a knight(armoured cavalry.It is normally represented by a horse's head and neck. Each players starts with two knights, which begin on the row ...

bishop

Games; Chess

A bishop is a piece in the board game of a chess, Each player begins the game with two bishops. One starts between the king's knight and the king the other between the queen's knight and the queen. ...

match

Games; Chess

A contest between two players only, as distinguished from a tournament. The term often refers to a contest of many games, but is sometimes used to describe a single game.

Knight

Games; Chess

A chess piece which moves either two squares vertically and one square horizontally or two squares horizontally and one square vertically. In the first step of this move, the Knight may pass ...

ladder

Games; Chess

A fluid method of ranking chess players within a club or other group. The ladder is usually established by listing players according to their chess rating. Any player may challenge someone one step ...

zugzwang

Games; Chess

A German term that means "compulsion to move". It refers to a situation in which a player would prefer to do nothing because any move leads to a deterioration of his position, but he moves something ...