Meaning of chess | Babel Free

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1. A surname.
2. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king
3. Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
   US
4. One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
   in-plural
5. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
   uncountable, usually
6. A river in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, England, which joins the Colne at Rickmansworth.
7. Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds
8. A board game for two players, each beginning with 16 pieces of six kinds that are moved according to individual rules, with the objective of checkmating the opposing king.
9. One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge
10. Any of several species of brome, especially Bromus secalinus.
11. One of the floorboards of a pontoon bridge.
12. a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver 16 pieces each according to rules governing movement of the six kinds of pieces (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king), the object being to bring the opponent's king into checkmate.
13. a game for two played with thirty-two (usually black and white) pieces (ˈchessmen) on a board (ˈchessboard) with sixty-four (usually black and white) squares. skaak لُعْبَةُ الشطرنج шах xadrez šachy das Schachspiel skak σκάκι male شطرنج shakki échecs שַׁח-מָט शतरंज šah sakk catur skák scacchi チェス 체스 šachmatai šahs (spēle) catur schaaksjakkszachy شطرنج xadrez şah шахматы šach šah (igra) šah schack หมากรุก satranç 西洋象棋 шахи شطرنج môn cờ 国际象棋
    usually
14. (Chess & Draughts) a game of skill for two players using a chessboard on which chessmen are moved. Initially each player has one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, which have different types of moves according to kind. The object is to checkmate the opponent's king
15. (Plants) US a less common name for rye-brome
    US
16. (Civil Engineering) a floorboard of the deck of a pontoon bridge
17. A. N → ajedrez m
    N
18. B. CPD chess player N → jugador(a) m/f de ajedrez, ajedrecista mfchess set N → (juego m de) ajedrez mchess tournament N → torneo m de ajedrez
    CPD

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“At the tender age of 20, Penguingm1 is already one of the best hyperbullet and ultrabullet chess players in the world.”

“FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view.”

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

“the balks are laid and covered with chesses to within 1 foot of the trestle”

“ach chess consists of three planks.”

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