chessically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chessic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

chessically (not comparable)

  1. (rare) In a chessic way; pertaining to chess.
    • 1894, George Alcock MacDonnell, The Knights and Kings of Chess:
      Chessically these two champions are very much alike in style. In profundity, caution-cum-boldness, power of absorption in the game...
    • 1992, Bruce Pandolfini, Pandolfini's Chess Complete:
      In fact, before the age of six, talented girls and boys are chessically indistinguishable. But something happens at six...
    • 2007, Josh Waitzkin, The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence:
      He was a lovely man — literary, compassionate, funny — as human beings we connected but chessically we didn't gel.