McPherson Surname Origin. The son of Pherson. Pherson is the son of Pfarrer, German, a parson, and that from Pfarre, a parish, a benefit, or living. Pfarre is derived from the Gaelic Faire, a watcher, to watch, an overseer, Episcopus.he son of Pherson. Pherson is the son of Pfarrer, German, a parson, and that from Pfarre, a parish, a benefit, or living. Pfarre is derived from the Gaelic Faire, a watcher, to watch, an overseer, Episcopus.
checkmate. Although synonymous with unbeatable, it can be used metaphorically to refer to anything you hold in high esteem. Derived from the game of chess; checkmate is an offensive position in which the loser cannot move his/her king out of check (ie: imminent defeat). Checkmate therefore means unbeatable with the implication that it is highly desireable to obtain.
For other chess games or other uses, see Chess (disambiguation). Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8Ã8 grid. The game is played by millions of people worldwide. Each player begins with 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 knights, 2 bishops, and 8 pawns.