chess in English dictionary

  • chess

    Meanings and definitions of "chess"

    • A two-player board game played with a board of eight rows of eight squares of alternating colours and 16 pieces for each player: eight pawns, two knights, two rooks, two bishops, a queen and a king; the aim is to get the opponent's king in a position on the board such that it cannot avoid being captured (the state known as checkmate).
    • (now chiefly US) A type of grass, generally considered a weed.
    • noun
      (now chiefly US)
      Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
    • noun
      (military, chiefly in the plural)
      One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
    • noun
      A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
    • two-player board game
    • A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
    • noun
      a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
    • noun
      weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

    Synonyms of "chess" in English dictionary

    cheat, chess game, Bromus secalinus are the top synonyms of "chess" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of chess

    • nieodm.  nieodmienny
    • chess ( usually uncountable;  plural  chesses)
    • chess ( plural  chesses)
    • chess (plural chesses)
    • chess (usually uncountable, plural chesses)
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