单词 | sui-mate |
释义 | sui-maten. Chess. A chess problem in which one player (usually White, moving first) must force the other to deliver checkmate, typically within a specified number of moves; a checkmate forced in this way; = selfmate n. Cf. sui n.2, sui-mate v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > check or checkmate matec1330 mating?a1400 checkc1426 checkmatec1440 scholar's mate1614 fool's mate1618 scholar's check1674 perpetual check1750 smothered mate1804 sui-mate1846 selfmate1848 perpetual1966 1846 Chess Palladium & Math. Sphinx Oct. 33 (caption) White to compel sui-mate in five moves. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 756/1 Problem XX is an example of a sui-mate. 1907 S. S. Blackburne Terms & Themes Chess Probl. 21 Sui-mate Problem. One in which one player..compels the other to mate him. 1966 New Statesman 11 Nov. 718/3 Many readers have let me know their gradual addiction to sui-mates. 1990 Pergamon Chess Apr. 27/3 Black now sportingly co-operates in a fitting sui-mate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sui-matev. Chess. Now rare. intransitive. In a chess problem: to force an opponent to deliver checkmate; = selfmate v. Cf. sui-mate n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [verb (intransitive)] > be mated matec1500 sui-mate1871 selfmate1874 1871 Dubuque Chess Jrnl. Jan. Problem No. 74 (caption) White sui-mates in five moves. 1934 Winnipeg Free Press 17 Nov. 27/4 White to move and sui-mate in three. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846v.1871 |
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