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chess piece

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. chessman, chess piecenoun

    any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess

Wiktionary

  1. chess piecenoun

    Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.

Wikipedia

  1. Chess piece

    A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one of six types: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn. Chess sets generally come with sixteen pieces of each color. Additional pieces, usually an extra queen per color, may be provided for use in promotion.

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  1. chess piece

    A chess piece is any of the 32 movable objects used on a chessboard when playing the game of chess. Each player begins with a specific set of 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. Each type of piece follows particular stationary rules for movement. The goal of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king by placing it under an inescapable threat of capture.

Wikidata

  1. Chess piece

    Chess pieces, or chessmen, are the pieces deployed on a chessboard for playing the game of chess. The pieces vary in how they move on the board, giving them different values in the game. For a standard chess game each player starts with: ⁕1 king ⁕1 queen ⁕2 rooks ⁕2 bishops ⁕2 knights ⁕8 pawns One player is referred to as "White" and the other as "Black". To distinguish between the two, the black pieces are darker than the white pieces. Their colors need not be black and white, but will each normally be a uniform color. The Staunton chess set is the standard style for tournament or casual play. There are many chess variants and certain kinds of chess problems that call for non-standard fairy pieces, although these are not popular and the vast majority of games are played with a standard chess set.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of chess piece in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of chess piece in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of chess piece in a Sentence

  1. Ralph Charell:

    Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.


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