How to Use chess in a Sentence

chess

noun

• Some are chess moves made with an eye on a team’s five-year plan.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• The chess games almost feel like a fun thing to do.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
• Hung Cao is not afraid to move chess pieces around the board.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
• Rivers’ football-chess skills paid off in all three games.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
• Even so, the foes and all the king’s pawns find ways to change the chess board.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
• That alone would have set the chess world spinning, but there was more.
  — Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
• As to where Bodhana got her epic chess skills?
  — Toria Sheffield, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
• Once again, chess and Go might offer guides.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
• Man Ray had many passions, but none was greater than chess.
  — Air Mail, 27 Sep. 2025
• The costume is meant to reflect the pawns in a game of chess.
  — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 23 Apr. 2026
• What was the impetus for your first chess game?
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
• Interest in the game spread, and chess clubs emerged.
  — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2026
• Football, to steal a cliché, is like Kuhr's chess board.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
• We’re being used as pawns in a much bigger chess game here.
  — Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
• Stop playing boardroom chess with one eye closed.
  — Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• Pulisic also plays online chess with pals.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 7 May 2026
• Watching it all unfold can feel less like chess and more like a rodeo.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
• That team excelled in close games, a sign of good chess pieces and tactics.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• The teams played chess the rest of the way, dragging the game in overtime.
  — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• How much has Magnus Carlsen made from chess?
  — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
• In this case, the agent is an AI chess player.
  — Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
• All of this is a game of chess to defeat Porsha.
  — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
• That’s one of my favorite date things to do, play chess and match wits with a lady.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
• The chess phenom also showed a spark for teaching the game.
  — Hanna Park, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
• In the lounge, Kirk and Spock play chess and vow to remain friends.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
• Football coaching now is a chess match, a survival of the smartest.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2023
• Dutcher could slide some chess pieces around the board to energize his team.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
• Play it for real with this specialty chess set.
  — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 1 May 2026
• The models sat and played chess, rather than standing around looking bored.
  — Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
• Every man goes through a chess phase; be prepared for his with a swanky marble set.
  — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 23 Mar. 2026