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chess
1[ches]
noun
a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver sixteen pieces each according to rules governing movement of the six kinds of pieces (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king), the object being to bring the opponent's king into checkmate.
chess
2[ches]
noun
plural
chessesany of several weedy species of bromegrass, especially Bromus secalinus.
chess
3[ches]
noun
plural
chess, chessesone of the planks forming the roadway of a floating bridge.
chess
1/ tʃɛs /
noun
a game of skill for two players using a chessboard on which chessmen are moved. Initially each player has one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, which have different types of moves according to kind. The object is to checkmate the opponent's king
chess
2/ tʃɛs /
noun
a less common name for rye-brome
chess
3/ tʃɛs /
noun
a floorboard of the deck of a pontoon bridge
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Example Sentences
"It's like a game of chess," he says.
The elements may be familiar, but there are only six different pieces in chess, and the combinations are infinite; “The Lowdown,” which premieres Tuesday on FX, wins the game.
Dmytro Lubinets describes dealing with Russia as like playing chess: you stick to all the rules, only for your opponent to stand up, pull on boxing gloves and punch you.
Also in Spain, seven Israeli chess players withdrew from a tournament after being told they would not be able to compete under their flag.
Prison bosses also have to play what has been described as a "daily game of chess" in trying keep violent rivals from Scotland's organised crime groups apart.
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