Translated sentences containing 'checkmate'

He won the game with a checkmate?

¿Ganó la partida con un jaque mate?

With such an unequal position on the board any efforts to seek a draw are pathetic when the Council is about to checkmate us.

En esa desigual posición sobre el tablero, resultan patéticos los esfuerzos por pedir tablas cuando el Consejo está a punto de darnos el «jaque mate».

Rather, it suggests checkmate for the idea of a truly united Europe that is not split into a first and second class Europe according to wealth or historical legacy.

Más bien indica un jaque mate a la idea de una Europa verdaderamente unida y no dividida en una Europa de primera clase y otra de segunda, según su riqueza o su patrimonio histórico.

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