chiếu tướng

Anh ấy dùng quân xe để chiếu tướng đối thủ.

Definition

1. Verb (Chess Term):
   • To check: In the game of chess, "chiếu tướng" means to make a move that directly attacks the opponent's king, placing it under immediate threat of capture on the next move.
   • To put in check: It describes the act of threatening the king, obligating the opponent to respond to this threat on their following turn.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi chiếu tướng bằng quân hậu. (I check with my queen.)
  • Anh ấy bị chiếu tướng và phải di chuyển vua. (He was put in check and had to move his king.)
  • Nước đi đó sẽ chiếu tướng đối thủ. (That move will check the opponent.)

Advanced Usage

• "Chiếu tướng bí" (Checkmate): This is the decisive move that places the opponent's king in check with no legal move to escape, thus ending the game.
  • Sau nước chiếu tướng bí, tôi đã thắng ván cờ. (After the checkmate move, I won the game.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chiếu (v): Often used as a shortened, colloquial form of "chiếu tướng" in chess context.

  • Tôi định chiếu vua anh. (I intend to check your king.)

• Chiếu hết (v): Another term for "checkmate," emphasizing that the check is final.

  • Xe và hậu phối hợp để chiếu hết. (The rook and queen coordinated to deliver checkmate.)

Synonyms

• Check: To threaten the opponent's king in chess.
• Put in check: To make a move that attacks the king.

Related Idioms

• While "chiếu tướng" is a specific chess term, it is sometimes used metaphorically in Vietnamese to describe putting someone in a difficult, inescapable, or pressured situation, similar to being in check.
  • Câu hỏi của luật sư như một thế chiếu tướng đối với nhân chứng. (The lawyer's question was like a checkmate move for the witness.)