Examples of using "Шах" in a sentence and their english translations:
Check.
- Checkmate!
- Checkmate.
- Checkmate!
- Checkmate.
Checkmate, atheists.
In two moves, Kasparov will check the challenger.
- Tom looked at me triumphantly and said, "Check and mate."
- Tom looked at me triumphantly and said, "Checkmate."
If you play like that, you'll be checkmated in ten moves.
- Maria has a knack for playing chess, she checkmated me in ten moves.
- Maria is a chess whiz, she checkmated me in ten moves.
It was my turn to play and my king wasn't being attacked, that is, wasn't put in check. But, none of my pieces could make any valid move. Thus, what is called "drowned king" or "draw by drowning" was characterized. The match was a draw.