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chess
noun
-
chess
a
strategic
board
game
for
two
players
in
which
each
side
moves
sixteen
pieces
on
a
chequered
board
,
trying
to
put
the
opponent
’
s
king
in
checkmate
•
Miranda
enjoys
spending
her
evenings
playing
chess
with
her
grandfather
.
Miranda
enjoys
spending
her
evenings
playing
chess
with
her
grandfather
.
•
The
school
started
a
chess
club
to
help
students
practice
critical
thinking
skills
.
The
school
started
a
chess
club
to
help
students
practice
critical
thinking
skills
.
Borrowed
from
Old
French
“
esches
”,
plural
of
“
eschec
”,
from
Medieval
Latin
“
scaccus
”,
from
Arabic
“
shāh
”
meaning
“
king
”,
originally
from
Persian
“
shāh
”.
chessboard
noun
a
square
board
divided
into
sixty-four
alternating
light
and
dark
squares
,
on
which
the
game
of
chess
is
played
•
He
carefully
arranged
the
pieces
on
the
wooden
chessboard
before
the
match
began
.
He
carefully
arranged
the
pieces
on
the
wooden
chessboard
before
the
match
began
.
•
Tourists
gathered
around
the
giant
outdoor
chessboard
in
the
park
,
eager
to
move
the
waist-high
pieces
.
Tourists
gathered
around
the
giant
outdoor
chessboard
in
the
park
,
eager
to
move
the
waist-high
pieces
.
formed
from
chess
+
board
in
Middle
English
to
denote
the
playing
surface
for
the
game
of
chess
noun
any
surface
,
pattern
,
or
situation
that
looks
like
,
or
is
compared
to
,
the
alternating
squares
of
a
chessboard
,
especially
in
descriptions
of
landscapes
or
complex
strategies
•
From
the
airplane
window
,
the
farmland
below
appeared
as
a
patchwork
chessboard
of
green
and
gold
.
From
the
airplane
window
,
the
farmland
below
appeared
as
a
patchwork
chessboard
of
green
and
gold
.
•
Urban
planners
designed
the
new
district
like
a
huge
chessboard
,
with
straight
roads
crossing
at
perfect
right
angles
.
Urban
planners
designed
the
new
district
like
a
huge
chessboard
,
with
straight
roads
crossing
at
perfect
right
angles
.
extension
of
the
primary
sense
to
figurative
and
descriptive
uses
,
recorded
in
English
from
the
19th
century