Quotes About Checkmate

As he explained to his officers and men, the war against Persia could not be finished until the shah, as the Persians called their king, was mat, or finished. The endgame had to be shah mat, a Persian phrase that would evolve in time into checkmate.

In the name of God! You, demon, born in the dark! I seal you here! Checkmate!

A 'god' who's will is resisted, designs frustrated, and purpose checkmated, possesses no title to Deity.

Smug, I looked back at Tatiana. "Isn´t eighteen the legal voting age?" Checkmate, bitch.

It does. Every social function I attend they put a big piece of fish on my plate. I end up giving it to my dates." "Your dates must appreciate the extra piece." The officer grinned. "They do," she said. "Until they realize it's the only piece they'll be getting that night." Checkmate. Game over.

In the game of chess, an experienced player may take a novice to the brink of defeat in just three moves. The fourth move can be checkmate, and the kingdom is lost.

In the name of God! You, demon, born in the dark! I seal you here! Checkmate!

The modern chess player's cry of "Checkmate!" is a corruption of the Persian "Shakh Mat!" which translates, "The king is dead!")

It's just a matter of throwing in a few sacrifices, then checkmate!

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.

I'll listen to you, but you need to treat me with a little respect. Because it doesn't sound like I'm a pawn. Sounds like I'm more of a queen." A vein in his temple began to throb, and she grew bolder, the sense of power emanating from the mark on her chest filing her with the mettle she'd lost after the break-in two years ago. Lowering her voice to a tense whisper, she nipped his earlobe. "Checkmate.

Checkmate is from the Persian shah mat, which means 'the king is dead.

I feel helpless, as though he's herding me around a chessboard to checkmate.

As Grey put his hand on the pommel, he heard a low Scots voice murmur in his ear: "Queen's rook to king eight. Check." Grey laughed out loud, a burst of exhilaration pushing aside his disquiet. "Ha," he said, though without raising his voice. "Queen's bishop to knight four. Check. And mate, Mr Ã¢â'¬Â¦ MacKenzie.

We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.