Difference between revisions of "Checkmate"

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Checkmate ends a game of chess by placing the opponent's king in check without any available move to escape check.

It is a metaphor commonly applied to politics, whereby one side obtains a strategic victory over the other.

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−	'''Checkmate''' ends a game of [[chess]] by placing the opponent's king in check ~~with no~~ move ~~where it can avoid~~ check.	+	'''Checkmate''' ends a game of [[chess]] by placing the opponent's king in check without any available move to escape check.
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		+	It is a metaphor commonly applied to [[politics]], whereby one side obtains a strategic victory over the other.