brinkmate

English

Etymology

From brink +‎ mate. First attested in the British Shogi magazine in 1983.

Noun

brinkmate (countable and uncountable, plural brinkmates)

  1. (shogi, chess) A situation in which an indefensible checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move.

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