checkmate Definizione In italiano

• 0 the final position in the game of chess when your king cannot escape and you have lost the game -- scacco matto

• 1 to beat someone in a game of chess by putting the other player’s king in a position where it cannot escape -- dare scacco matto a

  • My dad can always checkmate me within 20 moves. Mio padre riesce sempre a darmi scacco matto entro 20 mosse.

• 2 in chess, a position from which the king cannot escape -- scacco matto

  • She made her move and declared ‘checkmate’.

• 3 to put (an opponent’s king) in this position -- dare scacco matto

  • Within just a few moves he had checkmated his opponent’s king.