- MATED
- Sorted the socks
- Whipped at chess
- Got hitched
- Beat Magnus Carlsen
- Defeated at chess
- Beaten in chess
- Won with QxN, e.g.
- Partnered
- Victimized with one's endgame, say
- Paired
- Whipped, la Kasparov
- Paired up
- Attempted another generation
- Matched up
- Trapped one's king
- Won at chess
- Bred
- Unable to avoid the check?
- Beaten in chess, briefly
- Wed
- Paired (off)
- Beaten on a board
- Checked from all sides
- Checked for the last time?
- Checked thoroughly?
- Like pairs of socks
- Unable to escape, in a way
- Beat at chess
- Like some cornered kings
- Beat, in chess
- Defeated, la Kasparov
- Formed a pair
- Won a chess match
- Paired, as socks
- Won, in chess
- Beaten at chess
- Defeated in chess
- In pairs
- Beat on a board
- Beaten, in a way
- Checked out?
- Matched.
- Joined suitably.
- Joined.
- Compatible.
- Not single.
- Coupled.
- Married.
- Beat Spassky
- Chess term
- Beaten by Fischer
- Defeated Spassky
- Beat Karpov
- Became hitched
- Dovetailed
- Defeated, in a way
- Like shoes and socks
- Out of the game, in chess
- Out of moves, in chess
- Beat, in a way
- Got together
- Like unsuccessful chess players
- Paired up to breed
- Took out the king?
- Captured the king
- Beaten, a la Bobby Fischer
- More than checked?
- Didn't just check
- Like a defeated chess player
- With king captured
- Finished off, at chess
- Coupled with
- Matched, as socks
- Defeated a la Magnus Carlsen
- Defeated a la Bobby Fischer
- Defeated a la Kasparov
- Beaten by Botvinnik
- Beat at the board
- Beaten in a chess match