chess
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic شاه (shah, “king in chess”), from Persian شاه (shah, “shah, king”).
[edit] Noun
chess (usually uncountable; plural chesses)
- A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
[edit] Translations
two-player board game
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[edit] See also
- (chess pieces) chessman, chess piece, chess piece, chesspiece; bishop, castle/rook, king, knight, pawn, queen (Category: en:Chess) [edit]
- checkers
- draughts
- scacchic
[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)