The Russian word for chess is шахматы (pronounced "shāh māt") which is the same as the Farsi شاه مات. English translation: the king is Dead

pronunciation is a bit diff tho bc of the Russian letter ы (which doesn't quite have an equivalent in English)

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pronunciation is a bit diff tho bc of the Russian letter ы (which doesn't quite have an equivalent in English) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%8B