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Listen to native speakers pronounce “checkmate” as a verb in real conversational contexts with synchronized timestamps and subtitles.
Born in Chicago in 1938, he knew pinochle by age five and chess by six.His grandfather would challenge him to matches, checkmate him, start the game over at the point where Gary had made his biggest mistake, and then repeat the processuntil the boy's play was perfect.