chess

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 Related terms 1.2.1.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: chĕs, IPA: /ʧɛs/, SAMPA: /tSEs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French esches, plural of eschec < Vulgar Latin  (*scaccus) < Arabic شاه (shah), “‘king in chess’”) < Persian شاه (shah), “‘shah, king’”).

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chess (uncountable)

1. A two-player boardgame played with a board of eight rows of eight squares of alternating colours and 16 pieces for each player: eight pawns, two knights, two rooks, two bishops, a queen and a king; the aim is to get the opponent's king in a position on the board such that it cannot avoid being captured (the state known as checkmate).

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[edit] Related terms

• chessboard
• chess clock
• chessman
• chess piece
• chess set
• computer chess

[edit] See also

Wikibooks

• checkers
• draughts
• scacchic
• Appendix:Chess pieces

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Noun

chess (plural chesses)

1. (now chiefly US) A type of grass, generally considered a weed.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 59:

     Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the dry chess grass, they were guarded by a pair of dismounted soldiers in long, dusty coats [...].