chess

CEFRA2

/t͡ʃɛs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A game for two people played with a board and pieces.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

Examples

  • If you like, I will teach you to play chess.

  • Robert got the better of Jack in the game of chess.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

  2. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

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In context

  • At the tender age of 20, Penguingm1 is already one of the best hyperbullet and ultrabullet chess players in the world.

  • FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view.

  • Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the dry chess grass, they were guarded by a pair of dismounted soldiers in long, dusty coats [...].

Synonyms

Quick test

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He won the tournament by trapping the opponent's king with a queen in blank.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/). Compare German Schach and Italian scacchi. Compare French échecs (“chess”) and its descendants: Catalan escacs and Dutch schaak. More at check and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”).