chess

Definitions


[tʃɛs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a board game of strategic skill for two players, played on a chequered board on which each playing piece is moved according to precise rules. The object is to put the opponent's king under a direct attack from which escape is impossible (checkmate)
(e.g: for the next two weeks, we played chess every day)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French esches, plural of eschec ‘a check’ (see check)




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