Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is a game position in chess (and in other board games of the chaturanga family) in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture) and there is no way to remove the threat. Checkmating the opponent wins the game.
it is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
What is the fear of spiders called? A: The fear of spiders is called arachnophobia. The term originates from the Greek word Arachne, which means 'spider', and the English word, phobia, which means an extreme aversion to or fear of something. Continue Reading. Sufferers of Arachnophobia purposely avoid contact with spiders because exposure leads to the experience of negative symptoms.