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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Queen :: Queen (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen..
Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns..
Richesse :: Richesse (n.) Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches.
Castle :: Castle (n.) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook..
Chess-apple :: Chess-apple (n.) The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).
Chessy Copper :: Chessy copper () The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite..
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..
Man :: Man (n.) One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played..
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..
Brome Grass :: Brome grass () A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat..
Tournament :: Tournament (n.) Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament..
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..
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..
Chessel :: Chessel (n.) The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed.
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..
Duchesse D'angouleme :: Duchesse d'Angouleme () A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.
Knight :: Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head..
Chessil :: Chessil (n.) Gravel or pebbles.
Chessman :: Chessman (n.) A piece used in the game of chess.
King :: King (n.) The chief piece in the game of chess.
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