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::''For other uses of the word, see Checkmate (disambiguation) .'' Checkmate (frequently shortened to '''mate''') is a situation in Chess (and in other Boardgame s of the Chaturanga family) in which one player's King is under attack and there is no way to meet that threat; it is a Check from which there is no escape. The king is never actually captured—the game ends as soon as the king is checkmated. A player who is checkmated loses the game. Delivering checkmate is the ultimate goal in chess (although not all games end in checkmate—often a player resigns before checkmate is administered, or the game may end in a Draw in several ways). The term is an alteration or Hobson-Jobson of the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" which means, literally, "the King is ambushed." If a king is under attack but the threat can be met (by capturing the checking piece, moving the king to an unattacked square, or interposing a piece between the king and the checking piece (unless the checking piece is a knight)), then the king is said to be in Check . If a player is ''not'' in check but has no legal move (that is, no move that does not allow the king to be captured), the result of the game is Stalemate . BASIC CHECKMATES Here are the common fundamental Checkmates when one side has only his king and the other side has only the minimum material needed to force checkmate. The checkmate with the queen is the most important, but it is also very easy to achieve. It often occurs after a pawn has Queened . The next most important one is the checkmate with the rook, and it is also very easy to achieve. The checkmates with the two bishops and with a bishop and knight are not nearly as important, since they only occur infrequently. The two bishop checkmate is fairly easy to accomplish, but the bishop and knight checkmate is difficult and requires precision. Two knights cannot force checkmate against a lone king. However, under some circumstances, two knights and a king can force checkmate against a king and pawn (or rarely pawns). The winning plan, quite difficult to execute in practice, is to blockade the enemy pawn(s) with one of the knights, maneuver the enemy king into a stalemated position, then bring the other knight over to checkmate. Three knights and a king can force checkmate against a lone king, and four knights can do so even without their king's participation. Those situations, which require one or more Promoted Knights , are almost never seen outside of Chess Problems . Queen
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