Checkmate - Definition
checkmate
n 1: complete victory
2: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible
attack on the opponent's king [syn: checkmate, mate]
v 1: 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" [syn:
checkmate, mate]