Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
Else clues• The ___ Game (1959 Tony Randall movie)
• Checking out?
• Endgame aim
• Kind of call
• Pairing
• Subject of some animal kingdom rituals
• Type of ritual
• Uniting in marriage
• Winning chess matches
• Copulate, of animals
• In a game of chess
• Make love
• The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
• Bring two objects, ideas, or people together