Twice Jack's queen was in Bluebell's grasp uncaptured, and he could at any time have checkmated her, had he been as attentive to the variations of the game as to those of her countenance.
Do you remember Those evenings in the bleak December, Curtained warm from the snowy weather, When you and I played chess together, Checkmated by each other's eyes?
The old ruler had again been checkmated by his daughter's loyalty to the white men and the Captain's courage.
Her placid, resolute, convincing denial checkmated his powers of thought.
Sing for us, Isabel," said Dom Francisco, as he checkmated his antagonist, at the same time rising and making him a stately bow.
But I was not destined to use them; for the direction of matters was wrested out of my hands by a stroke that checkmated me completely.
Had I been a Russian officer in reality, I could have taken but one course--disclosed the Nihilist plot, or so much of it as I knew, and thus have checkmated the whole devilish business at once.
A British fleet under Nelson, sent into the Mediterranean in May 1798 primarily for their defence, checkmated the designs of Bonaparte in Egypt, and then, returning to Naples, encouraged that court to adopt a spirited policy.
Charles Emmanuel was now checkmated by France, as he had formerly been by Spain.
A player checkmatedmay not indicate to his partner how to obtain his release.
While one is checkmated the adversaries may move in and out amongst his pieces with impunity, and should adversaries’ kings do so, they are not exposed to check, as the pieces are considered dead.
This latter event, unlike the former case given, in which one was checkmated before the stalemate, will be a victory for them, as one king is free to move.
A player may not move his checkmated partner’s pieces.
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.
This checkmated Llewelyn, and he sent his wife to see what terms could be exacted from her father.
But the ever active King, speeding northward, checkmated him at York in such a way that there was no option for the recusant nobleman but to throw himself at his injured prince's feet and crave forgiveness.
Mr. Godbe's reform is brought under suspicion by its commercial motive, and was checkmated by Brigham Young giving the electoral franchise to women.
Longcluse, hero and villain, successful for a long time, yet checkmated at last, is an admirable portrait.
At every turn the more enlightened, more active members found themselves opposed, thwarted, and finally checkmated by the Imperial officials.
So at least it was thought, but here again the Noblesse was checkmated by the Administration.
The enemy had not yet checkmated him: his heart of hope was untouched.
He will find himself checkmated by our boys in gray!
As to Will Scarlett, I checkmated him awhile back; so he don't trouble me.
And if this little trick hasn't checkmated you, my fine lad, I'll find summut else to spoil your bit of a game.
But never mind--never mind: I have checkmated Will Scarlett with them notes.
All their cunningly devised schemes had been checkmated by "The Voice from the Void.
But here, on the banks of the North Anna, Grant had been completely checkmated by Lee.
Jackson emerged through Swift Run Gap on the 17th of June, to assist in turning the Union right on the Peninsula, and Banks and Shields, baffled and checkmated at every move, finally withdrew from the Valley.
England would once more have been brought into his grasp, France checkmated effectually, and Flanders safe.
Spain, with a supremacy over the Italian states, would be the mistress of the Mediterranean, with infinite possibilities of extension to the east and in Africa, whilst France would be checkmated on this side, as she had been on the north.
Long after, it was a favorite story among the young barristers of how Mr. Cringer was checkmated by Raeburn's daughter.
At Mine Run, Lee's quick eye for position, and masterly handling of his forces, completely checkmatedan adversary who had advanced to deliver decisive battle.
And, if the further fact be considered that the adversary thus checkmated was Lee, the military ability of General McClellan must be conceded.
Mr. Dempster and his colleagues will find themselves checkmated after all.
Thus she had completely checkmated herself, unless she could resolve on one unpleasant move--namely, to humble herself to her brother, and recognize his wife.
England a checkmated man, he riding out of Osnabruck by one gate, the French at the same moment marching in by the other.
The archdeacon felt himself somewhat checkmated by this reply.
He had indulged in other hopes till the bishop's affairs had become dull to him, and he was moreover aware that, as regarded the diocese, Mrs Proudie had checkmated him.
There can be hardly any doubt that we might have taken advantage of it also to safeguard our line of communications by posting a force where it might have checkmated one of the enemy's obvious moves.
William was checkmated and at first, in his anger, inclined to follow his father's example and crush the opposition of Amsterdam by force.
But the hero of Lepanto found himself at once distrusted by the Catholic nobles and checkmated by the influence and diplomacy of the ever watchful William of Orange.
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