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Production: 2,500 for UK (total for Racing Green, Flame Red, and Checkmate), more exported; Fitted with a 3.44 final drive (as was found in the original 1961 Cooper), the Checkmate could be bought with the Rover-approved John Cooper performance kit. Identical to the 'Racing Green' and 'Flame Red' apart from the colour.
The Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate (Russian: Сухой Су-75), also designated as the Light Tactical Aircraft (LTA; Russian: Лёгкий Тактический Самолёт - ЛТС, romanized: Legkiy Takticheskiy Samolyot - LTS), [1] [2] is a single-engine, stealth fighter aircraft under development by Sukhoi for export and for the Russian Aerospace Forces. [3]
Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate (full title Shelly Manne & His Men Play the Music of John Williams from the TV Series Checkmate) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men performing John Williams' score from the TV show Checkmate, recorded in 1961 and released on the Contemporary label.
It works by confining the king with a pawn and using a queen to execute the checkmate. Damiano's mate is often arrived at by first sacrificing a rook on the h-file, then checking the king with the queen on the a-file or h-file, and then moving in for the mate. The checkmate was first published by Pedro Damiano in 1512. [11]
A checkmate may occur in as few as two moves on one side with all of the pieces still on the board (as in fool's mate, in the opening phase of the game), in a middlegame position (as in the 1956 game called the Game of the Century between Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer), [3] or after many moves with as few as three pieces in an endgame position.
The two knights endgame is a chess endgame with a king and two knights versus a king. In contrast to a king and two bishops (on opposite-colored squares), or a bishop and a knight, a king and two knights cannot force checkmate against a lone king (however, the superior side can force stalemate [1] [2]).
Checkmate! is a collaboration album by Japanese singer Namie Amuro, featuring a collection of her collaborations with other musicians released between 2003 and 2011, as well as four new collaborations. [1] The album was released on April 27, 2011, about one month after its original release date, due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. [2] [3]
The Checkmates, Ltd. were an American R&B group from Fort Wayne, Indiana. [1] The group, discovered by Nancy Wilson, was named such because the group included both black and white members, and their various skin tones evoked a chessboard; [1] their one major hit was 1969's "Black Pearl", produced by Phil Spector. [1]