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A chess game
A chessboard in initial configuration

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishches,chesse, fromOld Frencheschés, plural ofeschec, fromMedieval Latinscaccus, fromArabicشَاه(šāh,“king [in chess]”), fromClassical Persianشاه(šāh,“shah, king”), fromMiddle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠(mlkʾ/⁠šāh⁠/), fromOld Persian𐏋(XŠ/⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/).

CompareGermanSchach andItalianscacchi. CompareFrenchéchecs(“chess”) and its descendants:Catalanescacs andDutchschaak. More atcheck andshah(“king of Persia or Iran”).

Noun

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chess (usuallyuncountable,pluralchesses)

  2. Aboard game for twoplayers, each beginning with sixteenchess pieces moving according to fixed rules across achessboard with the objective tocheckmate the opposingking.
    Synonyms:international chess,Western chess
    • 2020 October 1, Aaron Alford, “Cloud9 signs grandmaster chess player Penguingm1”, inDot Esports‎[1], archived fromthe original on19 June 2021:
      At the tender age of 20, Penguingm1 is already one of the best hyperbullet and ultrabulletchess players in the world.
    • 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, inFIDE‎[2], archived fromthe original on16 March 2025, page 2:
      FIDE appeals to allchess players and federations to accept this view.
Derived terms
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Translations
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two-player board game

See also

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Chess pieces in English ·chess pieces,chessmen (see also:chess)(layout ·text)
♚♛♜♝♞♟
kingqueenrook,castlebishopknightpawn

Etymology 2

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Uncertain; perhaps linked to Etymology 1, above, from the sense of being arranged in rows or lines.

Noun

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chess (pluralchesses)

  1. (now chiefly US) Any of several species ofgrass in thegenusBromus, generally consideredweeds.
    • 2007, Michael Chabon,Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published2008, page59:
      Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the drychess grass, they were guarded by a pair of dismounted soldiers in long, dusty coats [...].

Etymology 3

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CompareFrenchchâssis(“a framework of carpentry”).

Noun

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chess (pluralchesses)

  1. (military, chiefly in theplural) One of theplatforms, consisting of two or moreplanksdowelled together, for theflooring of a temporarymilitarybridge.
    • 1881,Thomas Wilhelm,A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer:
      the balks are laid and covered withchesses to within 1 foot of the trestle
    • 1885,Edward S. Farrow,Farrow's Military Encyclopedia; A Dictionary of Military Knowledge:
      achchess consists of three planks.

References

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“chess”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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