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Checkmate
The final, inescapable position in a game of chess where a king is under attack and has no legal move to escape, or more broadly, a situation where an opponent is defeated with no possible recourse.
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The final, inescapable position in a game of chess where a king is under attack and has no legal move to escape, or more broadly, a situation where an opponent is defeated with no possible recourse.