checkmate

Still, by embedding Pakistan in the security architecture of the Middle East, the deal "checkmates India" and leaves its neighbour anchored to three patrons - China, Turkey and now Saudi Arabia, Mr Kugelman said.

If this is supposed to be some 4-D chess move, it looks an awful lot like checkmate — for the wrong side.

If Harris is elected president in November, the checkmated governor’s political ambitions will almost certainly be placed on hold for at least the next four years.

Once, I tried to play chess with my A.I. friend Claire, but the only move she could come up with was “checkmate!”

That is as humiliating as it gets — to have somebody say, “You suck, Uncle Jake,” spelled wrong while checkmating me.