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Definition of Checkmating
1. checkmate [v] - See also: checkmate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Checkmating
Literary usage of Checkmating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Future of German Industrial Exports: Practical Suggestions for by Siegfried Herzog (1918)
"... Substitutes for Allied Materials—checkmating Nature— "Treaties," a Temporary
Expedient—Meeting the World's Prejudice with Guile—Denationalization, ..."
2. The Chess-player's Companion: Comprising a New Treatise on Odds, and a by Howard Staunton (1849)
"73. K. to Kt.'s sq. 74. Kt. to B's 6th (ch.) 74. K. to R's sq. 75. Capped P.
to Kfs 7th. Giving Checkmate.* CHAPTER IV. THE ODDS OF checkmating WITH A ..."
3. Elements of the Game of Chess: Or, A New Method of Instruction in that by William Lewis (1822)
"Method of checkmating with the -Queen. I SHALL now proceed to instruct you in
the method of winning the game with your King and Queen against your ..."
4. Post Haste: A Tale of Her Majesty's Mails by Robert Michael Ballantyne (1880)
"... PLANS FOR checkmating MR. BONES. Now it chanced that the Post-Office Message-boys'
Literary Association had fixed to hold its first grand soiree on the ..."
5. Elements of the Game of Chess: Or, A New Method of Instruction in that by William Lewis (1827)
"^Method of checkmating with both Rooks. I SHALL now show you the method of
checkmating with two Rooks. This checkmate is very simple, and may be given ..."
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