The match ends by Alice's checkmating of the king, an action coincident with the taking of the Red Queen.

He said he put "Checkmating," his short film from 1996 about a woman who sizes up potential boyfriends while playing chess with them, on the Web because it was made mainly as a calling card and had little chance of commercial success.

A checkmate is the only way to win a game.

An example is the checkmate of a king in chess.

But I think, my dear, it is checkmate to him this time.

This possible checkmate is the basis of some problems (see below).

The first position is a checkmate by the bishop, with the king in the corner.

He is in checkmate; there are no other white pieces anywhere near him.

Checkmate is possible with two knights, but it cannot be forced.

I felt as if I'd been pushed into checkmate in chess.

I finally decided it was a checkmate and thrust the camera at him.

But the general smiled; it was the smile of a man one move from checkmate.

If the king cannot do this, it is in checkmate, and that side loses the game.

However, other pieces may be dropped to give immediate checkmate.

In practice, this rule is only used to enforce checkmate.

When checkmate is reached, the attacking side must not have any pieces in hand.

The game ended in a draw on move 129, because checkmate was impossible.

Checkmate can be forced without strictly using either of the methods.

If this world must be given up, the Imperium is in checkmate.

Unlike normal chess however, checkmate does not win or end the game.

However, the not so obvious move of knight results in a very powerful checkmate.

If this cannot be done, the king is said to be in checkmate.

As in chess, White moves first and the object is checkmate.

I believe that is checkmate, my friend, or at least will be in three moves."

I just got Emilio into checkmate and he shouted at me.

The evening's skirmishes would seem to have produced a checkmate.

White can drop any piece in hand to delay or prevent checkmate.

And with him on our side, the children will be checkmated.

"We had them checkmated, but now everybody has to go back and look at the board."

He made the moves, and I checkmated him in three.

If only one can be checkmated, the game is a draw.

I want your advice about the best way of checkmating him.

The white has several options to make a move and checkmate the black.

There are also other ways to checkmate in four moves.

"But I'm going to show that you're checkmated before you start."

White is to checkmate, moving the rook only once in the process.

The first player to checkmate a king wins the game.

He was just a target to me, always on the opposite side, the black king to checkmate.

"We checkmated each other," said a senior Democratic staff member.

The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king.

The game is over when both opposing kings are checkmated.

"Someone who knew the trick I was planning to play and decided to checkmate me on it."

It works by using the bishop and queen to checkmate the king.

Win by checkmating the opponent, or blowing up his king.

Finally, the computer checkmated Dreyfus in the middle of the board.

A double check is often more likely to lead to checkmate or loss of material.

Thus was the move to capture a part of the gang checkmated.

Presently his hand gave out; fate seemed to have got him checkmated.

He had the feeling of just having been checkmated.

"In addition to being checkmated, it could be called intolerable."

Both sides meanwhile were blocked, because the first to move would be checkmated.

Our Lords can carry out their plans without fear of being checkmated again.