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Definitions for Chess

[1] a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver sixteen 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.
[2] any of several weedy species of bromegrass, especially Bromus secalinus .
[3] one of the planks forming the roadway of a floating bridge.
[4] a game of skill for two players using a chessboard on which chessmen are moved. Initially each player has one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, which have different types of moves according to kind. The object is to checkmate the opponent's king
[5] US a less common name for rye-brome
[6] a floorboard of the deck of a pontoon bridge

Words nearby Chess

cheshire west and chester, cheshunt, cheshvan, cheskey, chesnutt, chess, chess clock, chess pie, chessboard, chessboxing, chessel

Origin of Chess

31425–75; late Middle English ches tier, layer < ?

Word origin for Chess

C15 (in the sense: layer, tier): from Old French chasse frame, from Latin capsa box