But Catherine de Medici spared Henry of Navarre now, as in the massacre of St. Bartholomew, because the Bourbons were needful as a checkmate to the Guises.
It caused widespread comment, though it is recognized that the measure is necessary to checkmate German spies impersonating American travellers.
XXII Checkmate XXIII Within a Hairsbreadth XXIV Nessa's Downfall XXV A Friend in Need XXVI The Hue and Cry!
At first I could see nothing but checkmateto all my plans.
I do not believe the Confederate army can reach our railroad-lines except by cavalry-raids, and Wilson will have cavalry enough tocheckmate them.
On the other hand, Shaftesbury, who had been made President of the Council by Charles himself, undiverted by this from his great object, pursued his Popery alarms out of doors, where the king could not checkmate him.
The army of Marshal Villars was a very numerous one, and he had defended his lines with redoubts and other works so formidably that he thought he would at last checkmate Marlborough.
White may leave Black in check as often as he likes, for it makes no difference, as he can never arrive at a checkmate position.
Try as he would, he could not checkmatehis opponent.
The puzzle is how to checkmate Black in the fewest possible moves with No.
Then the condition of the puzzle is--White to play and checkmate in six moves.
The Black king cannot be left on any other square without a checkmatebeing possible.
That will give these two Englishmen three days only to checkmate it.
We must find our way inside and checkmate any of their moves at once.
It is all very well to pull up these theories in this fashion; but there is one great helper of ours always ready to checkmate both Fotheringay and Cuthbertson, and him you have quite forgotten.
Canst thou not see that after the Baron's death De Montfort will soon be quit of us if we cannot checkmate him?
It was a most grievous disappointment to Sigurd when the Saxon leaders finally decided not to attack the Normans, and thus checkmate them as they sought to capture the Saxons whilst in council.
This is the last game I play, and it is not checkmate yet.
Finally she thanked me listlessly, and I withdrew, determined, however, if even at the cost of my life, to checkmate the plotters.
He had been misled into suspecting an understanding between France and Piedmont to create French protectorates in the South and Centre; and he was eager to checkmate it by forcing on the movement for unity and a revolutionary war with Austria.
An opportunity for such action was soon vouchsafed by the Allied determination to send a composite force to Siberia to checkmate the machinations of the Russian Bolsheviki, now hostile to the Allies and playing into the hands of Germany.
If a player agree to checkmate with a particular Piece or Pawn, or on a particular square, or engage to force his adversary to stalemate or checkmate him, he is not restricted to any number of moves.
And when death's checkmate comes, the game is finished, and the human pieces lie in the grave huddled together, like the chessmen in the box.
The Khalif, when warned of his danger, cried out, "Let me alone, for I seeCheckmate against Kuthar.
Bantayi ang hárì kay matíhun tikaw, Watch the king because I’m going to checkmate you.
Isakripisyu ku ning túri arun mabábuy ang rayna, I’ll sacrifice my rook to checkmate your queen.
In nine cases out of ten the one who refuses to sacrifice in order to save his partner from checkmate brings speedy defeat on each.
No player can release his antagonist from checkmate by taking any of his pieces.
The great object of the game is by combined action to suddenly checkmate one adversary.
Though the adversary may at any time open checkmate, he cannot in the same move take a piece, but his partner may do so, and he may close the checkmate again at his discretion when it comes to his turn.
His pieces, though not removed from the board, are then dead, and cannot return to life until the checkmate is removed.
Only, therefore, by making desperate sacrifices to release his partner from checkmate can the non-checkmated one hope to save the game, except his adversaries should stalemate him, when it is drawn.
It is lawful to open adversary’s checkmate for the purpose of capturing any of his pieces, who by that means are returned to life.
This gave the enemy time to remove forces to effectually checkmate further progress, and the expedition was withdrawn when within a few hundred yards of free and open navigation to the Yazoo.
All this while Rebel regiments were pouring up to attack the audacious brigade that was supporting the skirmishers, and fresh regiments from Wallace's Division came up in time to checkmate the game.
To support the young and growing nationalities in Turkey would serve, not only to checkmate the supposed aggressive designs of Russia, but also to array on the side of Britain the progressive forces of the East.
Czar and de Giers became convinced, early in the year 1887, that Bismarck was preparing for war against France, and they determined to hold aloof from other questions, in order to be free to checkmate the designs of the war party at Berlin.
I think I see pretty clearly how, in one more move, we can checkmate Lee, forcing him to unite Johnston with him in the defense of Richmond, or to abandon the cause.
The Rook can only checkmate on an outer row or file of the board.
Checkmate can only be forced if the Black King is driven to one of the Rook squares of the same colour as the Bishop.
The shortest way tocheckmate the Black King is-- WHITE.
Black is threatened withcheckmate by Q to R 8, or Q to Kt 7.
With two Bishops checkmate can be forced, whilst with two Knights only checkmate cannot be given against the best defence.
To checkmate with two Bishops is comparatively easy.
To checkmate with Bishop and Knight is a very difficult process.
The shortest way to checkmatethe Black King is as follows: {418} WHITE.
But to checkmate it by putting hostages upon the trains is likewise legitimate warfare, with many precedents to support it also.
While Hardin plotted in the West, Daniel Butterfield in the East personally laid out every detail of this great service, so as to checkmate the Southern design, were the Mississippi given over to loyal control.
You do just as I tell you, and we'll checkmate this quiet game.
The French checkmate the move by strengthening Crown Point on Lake Champlain and moving a pace farther south into English territory,--to Carillon, where the waters of Lake George pour into Champlain.
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