Illustration of chess
- chessboard with chess pieces arranged as at the beginning of a game
: a game for 2 players each of whom moves 16 pieces according to fixed rules across a checkerboard and tries to checkmate the opponent's king
1
: a weedy annual European bromegrass (Bromus secalinus) widely naturalized in North America as a weed especially in grain
2
: any of several weedy bromegrasses related to chess
Examples of chess in a Sentence
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2024
Families come back every summer to play life-size checkers and chess, construct birdhouses, and fish in the lakes for cutthroat trout.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
Queens is a mashup of chess and Sudoku that annoyed me just enough to ensure that I felt spitefully compelled to finish it no matter what.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 4 May 2024
There are numerous sibling piano prodigies, chess whizzes and star athletes.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 3 May 2024
Just last night, the company scooped up a Ben Mezrich book proposal centered on the Carlsen-Niemann chess scandal and which has Nathan Fielder attached to direct.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
The project would also be the latest chess move for Stone’s Fruit Tree, which recently set up an untitled film at Universal starring the two-time Oscar winner and directed by McCary.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 May 2024
But Elo ratings don’t inherently have anything to do with chess.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
In the video, he’s shown using a computer to play online chess.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
Noun
The way women have become chess pieces in the latter rounds of this beef is disheartening, but more on that later.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2024
Families come back every summer to play life-size checkers and chess, construct birdhouses, and fish in the lakes for cutthroat trout.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
Queens is a mashup of chess and Sudoku that annoyed me just enough to ensure that I felt spitefully compelled to finish it no matter what.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 4 May 2024
There are numerous sibling piano prodigies, chess whizzes and star athletes.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 3 May 2024
Just last night, the company scooped up a Ben Mezrich book proposal centered on the Carlsen-Niemann chess scandal and which has Nathan Fielder attached to direct.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
The project would also be the latest chess move for Stone’s Fruit Tree, which recently set up an untitled film at Universal starring the two-time Oscar winner and directed by McCary.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 May 2024
But Elo ratings don’t inherently have anything to do with chess.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
In the video, he’s shown using a computer to play online chess.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Chess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chess. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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