Definition of chess

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Chess (n.) 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..

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Draught :: Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers..
Grace :: Grace (n.) The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England..
Knight :: Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head..
Archduchy :: Archduchy (n.) The territory of an archduke or archduchess.
Expert :: Expert (a.) Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery..
Duchesse D'angouleme :: Duchesse d'Angouleme () A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.
Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..
Chessman :: Chessman (n.) A piece used in the game of chess.
Board :: Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board..
Chessy Copper :: Chessy copper () The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite..
Queen :: Queen (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen..
Bishop :: Bishop (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer..
Brome Grass :: Brome grass () A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat..
Man :: Man (n.) One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played..
Archduchess :: Archduchess (n.) The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke..
Tournament :: Tournament (n.) Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament..
Chess-apple :: Chess-apple (n.) The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).
Chesstree :: Chesstree (n.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail..
Richesse :: Richesse (n.) Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches.
Chesses :: Chesses (n. pl.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge..
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