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CHESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
Synonyms:
chess; chess game
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("chess" is a kind of...):
board game (a game played on a specially designed board)
Meronyms (parts of "chess"):
checker board; checkerboard (a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors)
chess move (the act of moving a chess piece)
Domain member category:
fork (place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces)
check (place into check)
checkmate; mate (place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game)
promote (change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent)
pin ((chess) immobilize a piece)
queen (become a queen)
open (make the opening move)
castle (move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king)
stalemate (subject to a stalemate)
develop (move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions)
develop (move into a strategically more advantageous position)
development (a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess))
white ((board games) the lighter pieces)
queen ((chess) the most powerful piece)
pawn ((chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank)
horse; knight (a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa))
king ((chess) the weakest but the most important piece)
castle; rook ((chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard)
black ((board games) the darker pieces)
bishop ((chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color)
counterattack; counterplay ((chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board)
chess opening; opening (a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess)
check ((chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king)
exchange ((chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop)
exchange ((chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value)
en passant ((chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chess"):
shogi (a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
Synonyms:
Bromus secalinus; cheat; chess
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chess" is a kind of...):
brome; bromegrass (any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions)
