Interesting Words - Checkmate
The word "checkmate" in chess is widely thought to come from the Persian phrase "shah mat," which means "the king is dead."
(Jan Newton has investigated this in an interesting essay called The Real Meaning of Shah Mat or the Lesson of the Commode.)
(Jan Newton has investigated this in an interesting essay called The Real Meaning of Shah Mat or the Lesson of the Commode.)
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