Chess (noun)

  1. A game played on a chessboard, with each player moving 16 pieces of six kinds, including one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns.
  2. A strategy game for two players in which the players move pieces on a board to try to checkmate the opponent's king.

Origin:

From the persian word "shah" meaning "king" and "mat" meaning "in check".

Examples:

  1. He is a chess master, able to defeat anyone who challenges him.
  2. I play chess with my granddad every sunday.
  3. The chess tournament was held in the town square.
  4. In chess, a pawn can only move forward, while a knight moves in an L-shape.
  5. The chess game ended in a draw, as neither player was able to checkmate the other.
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