How to Use chess in a Sentence
chess
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Some are chess moves made with an eye on a team’s five-year plan.
—Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
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How much has the chess match between Chase and the Chiefs corners evolved over the last year?
—Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023
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On Thursday, host Julie Chen Moonves teased a look at the house’s kitchen and its chess board.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
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That team excelled in close games, a sign of good chess pieces and tactics.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
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And Melody, a ghost who plays chess with Phoebe and has her own connection to all of this.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
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That was supposed to be the end of humans playing chess.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 May 2023
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Football coaching now is a chess match, a survival of the smartest.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2023
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At one of the picnic tables, Lopez’s son has a chess game going as his mom tends the grill.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
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Jamie plays chess and is always thinking a few steps ahead.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
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This trend offers the most creative way to display your plants (and play chess).
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023
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Checkers and chess are among the world’s most beloved board games, andcan be played using the same board.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2023
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There’s even one piece that comes equipped with a chess set for those who are ready to sit down for a game at any time or any place.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
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In the meantime, Justice Thomas set in motion the chess moves for a Supreme Court clerkship.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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The second image shows a new take on the classic Big Brother chess board.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
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The shelves, and tables, are stocked with chess and other board games as well as magazines and even the New York Times.
—Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
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McDaniel has a strong background in offensive chess and not just the flashy stuff.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2023
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In the video, he’s shown using a computer to play online chess.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
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That room will also be used to host other games, like mahjong, chess and checkers.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2023
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Gio and Dusty are seen laughing with their mom, and one of the daughters plays chess with Levine as bubbles float throughout the set.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
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Whereas some players at the camp knew how to play chess, Stroud never had been exposed to it.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
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Self-play works well to learn a finite, two-person, zero-sum game like chess.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
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The Sniper’s chess set, or the Machine Gunner’s oatmeal-sugar masks.
—Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
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At that time, the tenants included Marcel Duchamp, who as the story goes had moved in to be closer to the chess club across the street.
—Curbed, 26 Jan. 2024
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Rapid and blitz — faster, more intense forms of chess — were Naroditsky’s favorite formats.
—Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026
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All of this is a game of chess to defeat Porsha.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
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The table arrangements will require a chess master to figure out — but the chess master here is the bride, who lives for this kind of puzzle.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
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Lots of games to choose from such as Mexican Train, American Mahjongg or learn how to play chess.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2026
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There’s a chess table surrounded by couches.
—Nancy Kane, Curbed, 25 June 2026
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The analogy Dalio offers is the difference between chess and Go.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
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Hung Cao is not afraid to move chess pieces around the board.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
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