chess
noun/tʃes/
/tʃes/
[uncountable]- a game for two people played on a board marked with black and white squares on which each playing piece (representing a king, queen, castle, etc.) is moved according to special rules. The aim is to put the other player’s king in a position from which it cannot escape (= to checkmate it).
- the position of the chess pieces on the board
- Alex plays chess as a hobby.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- computer
- correspondence
- junior
- …
- game
- play
- board
- piece
- set
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French esches, plural of eschec ‘a check’ from medieval Latin scaccus, via Arabic from Persian šāh ‘king’.Want to learn more?
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