Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture)...
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Checkmate, a division of Task Force X, is a fictional covert operations agency appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The antihero...
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The Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate (Russian: Сухой Су-75), also designated as the Light Tactical Aircraft (LTA; Russian: Лёгкий Тактический Самолёт - ЛТС, romanized: Legkiy...
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results in defeat. Checkmate or Checkmates may also refer to: Checkmate (comics), the title of two series published by DC Comics Checkmate (play), an 1869...
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chess, several checkmate patterns occur frequently enough to have acquired specific names in chess commentary. By definition, a checkmate pattern is a...
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Checkmate Savage is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Phantom Band, released on 26 January 2009 through Chemikal Underground Records...
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Checkmate is the fifth extended play (EP) by South Korean girl group Itzy. It was released on July 15, 2022, through JYP Entertainment, and Republic Records...
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Fool's mate (redirect from Two-move checkmate)
algebraic notation to describe chess moves. In chess, fool's mate is the checkmate delivered after the fewest possible moves from the game's starting position...
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Algebraic notation (chess) (section Checkmate)
literature. Some publications such as ECO omit any indication of check. Checkmate at the completion of moves is represented by the symbol "#" in standard...
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bishop and knight checkmate is the checkmate of a lone king by an opposing king, bishop, and knight. With the stronger side to move, checkmate can be forced...
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Two knights endgame (section Checkmate possibilities)
knights cannot force checkmate against a lone king (however, the superior side can force stalemate). Although there are checkmate positions, a king and...
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Scholar's mate (redirect from Four-move checkmate)
In chess, scholar's mate is the checkmate achieved by the following moves, or similar: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6?? 4. Qxf7# The same mating pattern...
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Draw (chess) (redirect from Impossibility of checkmate)
sequence of legal moves can lead to checkmate), most commonly when neither player has sufficient material to checkmate the opponent. Unless specific tournament...
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Chess (section Check and checkmate)
followed by Black; then moves alternate. The object of the game is to checkmate (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several...
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Fire (comics) (section Checkmate)
OMAC Project #4 OMAC Project Special 52 #4 52 #42 Checkmate #1 Checkmate #11 Checkmate #11–12 Checkmate #2 "Operation Condor: Cable Suggests U.S. Role"...
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Rules of chess (section Checkmate)
moves in a distinct way. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king; checkmate occurs when a king is threatened with capture and has no...
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Checkmate is an American detective television series created by Eric Ambler, starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired...
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List of Itzy concert tours (redirect from Checkmate World Tour)
and two showcases since their debut in 2019, Their debut concert tour, Checkmate World Tour begin in South Korea in August 2022 and later expanded to North...
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Checkmate is a 2008 Marathi-language thriller film written and directed by Sanjay Jadhav, produced by Kanchan Satpute and Chandrashekhar Mahamuni. The...
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Operation Checkmate could refer to: Operation Checkmate (commando raid) a Second World War British Commando raid Operation Checkmate (Sri Lanka) a Sri...
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Sasha Bordeaux (section Checkmate)
superhero Batman, and she has subsequently evolved an association with Checkmate in two of its incarnations. Sasha Bordeaux was created by Greg Rucka and...
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Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate (also referred to as simply Shotgun King) is a 2022 roguelike turn-based tactics video game developed by French studio...
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Checkmate (1930) is one of the many popular novels written by Englishman Sydney Horler in the first half of the 20th century. Forgotten today, the book...
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as well as new potential tactical fighters such as the Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate. In the 1990s, the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in the disruption...
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"Checkmate" is a song by the American rapper Jadakiss, released as a promotional single on March 9, 2005, by Ruff Ryders Entertainment/Interscope Records...
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"Checkmate" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by Gerald Kelsey and directed by Don Chaffey...
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The Checkmates, Ltd. were an American R&B group from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The group, discovered by Nancy Wilson, was named such because the group included...
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Checkmate (Spanish: Jaque mate) is a 2024 Argentine action comedy film directed by Jorge Nisco from a screenplay by Leandro Calderone starring Adrián...
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Checkmate is a one act ballet created by the choreographer Ninette de Valois and composer Arthur Bliss. The idea for the ballet was proposed by Bliss...
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (redirect from Splinter Cell: Checkmate)
Cell". Unlike the first two books, Checkmate is not written from the first person perspective of Fisher, nor does Checkmate continue the running subplots that...
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