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"I mean the king is captured. I end all arguments. I is two words in Persian that mean 'the king is dead'. What am I?"

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Answer: Checkmate. Checkmate comes from the Arabic 'shah mat' meaning 'the king is dead'. It is the winning move in chess — when the king is in a position where it cannot escape capture. The game ends immediately.

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