Checkmate

Also known as:mate

A check against which there is no defense. Once the king is checkmated, the goal of the game is considered achieved, and the game ends in a win for the side that gave mate.

Some kinds of checkmate have names of their own:

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1. Smothered mate — a mate in which the king's own pieces take away its escape squares

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1. Epaulette mate — a mate in which the rooks, standing on either side of their own king (like a pair of epaulettes), take away its escape squares

The word "mate" comes from Arabic ("died").