Possible Clues:

• Vet's partner gets clincher
• Last word in a cerebral game
• You have to play on board so to win a spouse from Prague
• Ballet at the end of play?
• Rebuke pal in defeat
• Winning call on board
• On board, the end of it is a Prague housewife, by the sound of it
• Sounds as if a Prague spouse might finish the game on board
• Victory in chess
• That's the end of the game for the spouse from Prague, by the sound of it (9)