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| 99% | 13 | THEKINGISDEAD | Exact Match! | |
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noun • complete victory • a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king verb • place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game | ||||
| 28% | 5 | The objective is to checkmate the opponent's king | ||
noun • weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat • a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king | ||||
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