self-mate

[ self-meyt ]

/ ˈsɛlfˌmeɪt /

noun Chess.

a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.

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Nearby words

self-loathing, self-love, self-made, self-mailer, self-mastery, self-mate, self-medication, self-mortification, self-motivated, self-motivation, self-moving

Origin of self-mate

First recorded in 1885–90

Also called suimate.

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