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scholar's mates

scholar's mates is the plural of scholar's mate.

Meaning of scholar's mate

Noun

scholar's mate (plural scholar's mates)

  1. The checkmate which occurs shortly after the opening, when the white queen checkmates by taking the black pawn on f7 (or the black queen taking the white pawn on f2), protected by a bishop on c4 (or c5).

Questions about scholar's mates

What is scholar's mates the plural of?
Scholar's mates is the plural of scholar's mate.

Words near scholar's mates in the dictionary

  1. scholar and gentleman
  2. Scholar Green
  3. scholar's gown
  4. scholar's gowns
  5. scholar's mate
  6. scholar's mates
  7. scholar's rock
  8. scholarch
  9. scholarchate
  10. scholarchates
  11. scholarchs

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