Actually no, in chess what you are referring to is called “check mate”. When “check” is called, the outcome is not inevitable yet, only in “check mate”. “In control” must be slang for some people, but it definitely isn’t a chess term. Take it from someone that played competitively in HS.

There isn’t an alternative definition for ‘in control’. It quite literally means as it is, you either have control of the operations and body of government or you don’t. As long as this country is still actively toiling in DS activities - like pushing the clot shot, bringing back the plandemic, still detaining Republican/conservative political prisoners, people still being Clintoncided, no one getting arrested, Hunter’s rape and drug collector’s edition videos being memory holed, giving billions of dollars to Ukraine, etc. etc. etc. I’m not convinced WH are in control, and if they really are, things aren’t going differently than it was being controlled by the DS. This Roe v Wade win was a win from DJT’s promise back when he was in office. Not to mention, that’s not even mentioned or talked about in a Q drop.