checkmate

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But will either help their team to a checkmate position by full-time?

From BBC

In chess that might be checkmate, in chip design it’s computational efficiency.

From The Verge

“There are no arguments left for critics of this vaccine. The article in the Lancet is a checkmate,” said Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which backed the vaccine’s development.

From Washington Post

And if it turns out not to be legal, then the last move is the attorney general’s: checkmate.

From Washington Post

Along with practice games and tournaments, and individual and group coaching sessions, a serious chess training regimen often includes the study of top players’ games, opening strategies, endgames and checkmating patterns.

From Washington Post