ETYMOLOGY OF "Check Mate"
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I am currently a student at DePaul University in Chicago studying Arabic. I learned today that the term "check mate" if fact comes from the Arabic sheik ma't (شيخ مات)which literally mean the king is dead. Just a fun piece of trivia for you chess junkies out there.