Definition of Checkmating

1. Verb. (present participle of checkmate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Checkmating

1. checkmate [v] - See also: checkmate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Checkmating

checkings
checkitis
checklaton
checkless
checklist
checklisted
checklisting
checklists
checkmark
checkmarked
checkmarking
checkmarks
checkmate
checkmated
checkmates
checkmating (current term)
checkoff
checkoffs
checkout
checkout chick
checkout chicks
checkout counter
checkout divider
checkout dividers
checkout line
checkout time
checkouts
checkpoint
checkpointed
checkpointing

Literary usage of Checkmating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Future of German Industrial Exports: Practical Suggestions for by Siegfried Herzog (1918)
"... Substitutes for Allied Materials—checkmating Nature— "Treaties," a Temporary Expedient—Meeting the World's Prejudice with Guile—Denationalization, ..."

2. The Chess-player's Companion: Comprising a New Treatise on Odds, and a by Howard Staunton (1849)
"73. K. to Kt.'s sq. 74. Kt. to B's 6th (ch.) 74. K. to R's sq. 75. Capped P. to Kfs 7th. Giving Checkmate.* CHAPTER IV. THE ODDS OF checkmating WITH A ..."

3. Elements of the Game of Chess: Or, A New Method of Instruction in that by William Lewis (1822)
"Method of checkmating with the -Queen. I SHALL now proceed to instruct you in the method of winning the game with your King and Queen against your ..."

4. Post Haste: A Tale of Her Majesty's Mails by Robert Michael Ballantyne (1880)
"... PLANS FOR checkmating MR. BONES. Now it chanced that the Post-Office Message-boys' Literary Association had fixed to hold its first grand soiree on the ..."

5. Elements of the Game of Chess: Or, A New Method of Instruction in that by William Lewis (1827)
"^Method of checkmating with both Rooks. I SHALL now show you the method of checkmating with two Rooks. This checkmate is very simple, and may be given ..."

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