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1. (n.) chess
a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver 16 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.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME < OF esches, pl. of escheccheck)
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1. (noun) chess, cheat, Bromus secalinus
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
2. (noun) chess, chess game
a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
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1. (noun) chess
a board game with black and white pieces in different shapes
a chess set
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1. (noun) chess
a game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns
2. (noun) chess
a species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus
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Sense: a game for two played with thirty-two (usually black and white) pieces (
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 Afrikaans: skaak |
 Arabic: لُعْبَةُ الشطرنج |
 Bulgarian: шах |
 Brazilian: xadrez |
 Czech: šachy |
 German: das Schachspiel |
 Danish: skak |
 Greek: σκάκι |
 Estonian: male |
 Farsi: شطرنج |
 Finnish: shakki |
 French: échecs |
 Hebrew: שַׁח-מָט |
 Hindi: शतरंज |
 Croatian: šah |
 Hungarian: sakk |
 Indonesian: catur |
 Icelandic: skák |
 Italian: (gioco degli) scacchi |
 Japanese: チェス |
 Korean: 체스 |
 Lithuanian: šachmatai |
 Latvian: šahs (spēle) |
 Malay: catur |
 Dutch: schaak |
 Norwegian: sjakk |
 Polish: szachy |
 Persian: شطرنج |
 Pashto: شطرنج |
 Portuguese: xadrez |
 Romanian: şah |
 Russian: шахматы |
 Slovak: šach |
 Slovenian: šah (igra) |
 Serbian: šah |
 Swedish: schack |
 Thai: หมากรุก |
 Turkish: satranç |
 Taiwanese: 西洋象棋 |
 Ukrainian: шахи |
 Urdu: شطرنج |
 Vietnamese: môn cờ |
 Chinese: 国际象棋 |
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