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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Castle :: Castle (n.) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook..
Chessil :: Chessil (n.) Gravel or pebbles.
Chess :: 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..
Bishop :: Bishop (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer..
Man :: Man (n.) One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played..
King :: King (n.) The chief piece in the game of chess.
Queen :: Queen (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen..
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess..
Richesse :: Richesse (n.) Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches.
Knight :: Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head..
Archduchess :: Archduchess (n.) The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke..
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..
Brome Grass :: Brome grass () A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers..
House :: House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece..
Chess :: Chess (n.) 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..
Monarchess :: Monarchess (n.) A female monarch.
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..
Chessboard :: Chessboard (n.) The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard..
Archduchy :: Archduchy (n.) The territory of an archduke or archduchess.
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