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Checkmate (Chess)

LC control no.sh 85022832
LC classificationGV1450.7
Topical headingCheckmate (Chess)
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Variant(s)Mate (Chess)
See alsoChess--End games
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Found inThe Oxford companion to chess, 1992 (Checkmate; a position in which the king cannot be moved out of check; to make a move that brings about such a position. When this happens the game ends; var. Mate)