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I encountered a Shogi saying:

> 三桂あって詰まぬこと無し

And I'm pretty confused about the ぬ there. If it was る I'd expect the meaning
to be something like:  
"If you have 3 knights, you can't be mated"

But looking at it's explanation
[here](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q135769478) and
[here](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%86%E6%A3%8B%E3%81%AE%E6%A0%BC%E8%A8%80#.E3.81.95)
it looks like they are talking about mating (attacking) and not getting mated
(defending).

Well, while typing this I suddenly realized I can just search google for ぬ
instead of る, so I'll guess I'll be answering my own question as I was
encouraged to do on other StackExchange sites.
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conjugations classical-japanese auxiliary-ず
What does the ぬ in 詰まぬ mean?
The ぬ is a classical form of ない. While it's not often used you will probably
still encounter it in some situations (proverbs are a great example).

In this situtation 詰まぬ=詰まない meaning "not being mated" so a translation for the
proverb may be:

> With 3 knights, there's always a mate (no such thing as being unmatable?)
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