Usually means: Chess puzzle: force opponent to checkmate.
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  1. selfmate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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Definitions from Wiktionary (selfmate)

noun:  (chess) A chess problem in which the white player, moving first, must force the black player to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves.

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