![]() From that notion come the many extended senses: From the notion of "a sudden stoppage, hindrance, restraint" (1510s) comes that of "act or means of checking or restraining," also "means of detecting or exposing or preventing error a check against forgery or alteration." When his king is in check, a player's choices are severely limited. ![]() 1300 in a generalized sense, "harmful incident or event, hostile environment."Īs "an exposure of the king to a direct attack from an opposing piece" early 15c. 1300, in chess, "a call noting one's move has placed his opponent's king (or another major piece) in immediate peril," from Old French eschequier "a check at chess" (also "chess board, chess set"), from eschec "the game of chess chessboard check checkmate," from Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic shah, from Persian shah "king," the principal piece in a chess game (see shah also compare checkmate (n.)). ![]()
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