Anglo-French eschec mat retains eschec as its first member before English reduction to check.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0216compound memberestablished
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eschec mat
the announcement that the opponent’s king cannot escape
OPEN NODE 212 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedAnglo-French · Anglo-French period · chess check warningeschec
a king in check; the warning in chess
OPEN NODE 197 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
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The threatened king or check supplies the first half of the terminal chess announcement.
Anglo-French chess terminology.
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established — The second mat branch remains separately represented in the dossier path.
reviewed
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Checkmate — Word HistoryEtymology — noun, compound analysis
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies eschec as the first member and mat as the second.
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EDITORIAL REUSE