checkmates
Wins the game
Checkmates is the plural of checkmate, the chess position where a king is under attack and cannot escape—ending the game.
The verb form means to place an opponent in this position: She checkmates him in three moves.
Figuratively, to checkmate is to defeat someone completely by leaving them no options: The prosecutor checkmates the defense with surprise evidence.
stalemate
Mutual obstruction preventing progress
- endgameConcluding phase of competition
- zugzwangObligatory weakening move situation
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
strategy · pin · skewer · fork · sacrifice · gambit · queen · rook · bishop · knight
outmaneuvers
Defeats through superior tactics
defeats · vanquishes · overcomes · triumphs · prevails · crushes · thwarts · outplays · dominates · bests
strategic dominance
checkmatessurrenders
Ceases resistance formally
loses · capitulates · falls · succumbs · blunders