My Journey Through High School: Chapter 1: My First Day
"checkmate," i said, causing mr. sundin to nearly drop his sandwich. alduin stared at the board in disbelief and shook my hand. "that's amazing," he said, "how long have you been playing?"
Dragon at the Coffee Shop, P3: the Challenger
Four moves later melis was checkmated. she tried to do illegal plays, but the phone didn't let her, despite her attempts to threaten it with a slow death.
United Through Two Worlds Chapter 6
checkmate, he was beaten, his plan unveiled even if he was unaware of the plan originally.. melody was hard to read as he looked into her eyes, sadness maybe? betrayal? even the mental link offered no help as she shielded her thoughts.
Part 11 News of Kaous Comes Out
"checkmate." crosain said with a big smile. "what do you 'checkmate'" dragoune said "see for yourself." crosain suggested. dragoune put his hand on his king ready to prove that crosain was wrong.
Journal Entry 5
Haven will scream checkmate, magnus says something in scottish that i don't understand one bit, and then the game is over. it makes a lick of sense to me. it's almost time for us three to gather for supper before the night is over.
Pawford, Ch 5: It's Just a Skin Flick
It escalated from there until i hurled myself right at him; i considered it was the ultimate checkmate move... it worked well enough for me in college... but at that point i had grossly misjudged not only our weight difference, but also cj's wrestling
Good Enough (One More Game)
"that's checkmate," barny realized. "you lost." "exactly," ozzy explained. "even a pawn can take a king."
Unjust Love. A Shepherd's Love. Part Two.
“checkmate!" tan colt yipped, jumping in the air as bradley came up behind him, slightly out of breath from taking the stairs so fast and running over to help.
My Journey Through High School: Chapter 13: State Chess Championships Part 1
I found him checkmated in seven moves. i felt good and went out to relax after we reported to the results desk. "that was quick," coach said. "add one point to our roster," i said smiling, "we're doing good."
Only Human (revised), Chapter 3
checkmate." "well said, and well played." he observed the board a moment, the opening was intentional. the purpose of chess was to teach his son to look towards to future and see the endgame, which he had.
Chapter 19
His bones ached for the confrontation that he might put the pieces into a true checkmate before his grip on this body was lost.
The Keyhole (Ch. 13)
"well, what's important is that you two are talking," steve said as he moved his king out of the way, unknowingly into an easy checkmate for mary. chaz listened to the conversation between the two friends as he looked around.