Related Clues:

• Like pairs of socks
• Defeated in chess
• Won, in chess
• Checked thoroughly?
• Beaten, a la Bobby Fischer
• Checked for the last time?
• Beat at the board
• Won a game of chess
• Unable to escape, in a way
• Beat at chess
• Won with QxN, e.g.
• Like shoes and socks
• Unable to avoid the check?
• Beat in a race
• In pairs