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    CHESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's kingplay

    Synonyms:

    chess; chess game

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("chess" is a kind of...):

    board game (a game played on a specially designed board)

    Meronyms (parts of "chess"):

    checker board; checkerboard (a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors)

    chess move (the act of moving a chess piece)

    Domain member category:

    fork (place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces)

    check (place into check)

    checkmate; mate (place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game)

    promote (change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent)

    pin ((chess) immobilize a piece)

    queen (become a queen)

    open (make the opening move)

    castle (move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king)

    stalemate (subject to a stalemate)

    develop (move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions)

    develop (move into a strategically more advantageous position)

    development (a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess))

    white ((board games) the lighter pieces)

    queen ((chess) the most powerful piece)

    pawn ((chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank)

    horse; knight (a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa))

    king ((chess) the weakest but the most important piece)

    castle; rook ((chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard)

    black ((board games) the darker pieces)

    bishop ((chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color)

    counterattack; counterplay ((chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board)

    chess opening; opening (a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess)

    check ((chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king)

    exchange ((chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop)

    exchange ((chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value)

    en passant ((chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chess"):

    shogi (a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheatplay

    Synonyms:

    Bromus secalinus; cheat; chess

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("chess" is a kind of...):

    brome; bromegrass (any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions)

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