chess

Pronunciation

• enPR: chĕs
• IPA ^(key): /ʧɛs/
• SAMPA: /tSEs/

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Noun

Singular chess

Plural none

A chess game

1. (uncountable) Chess is a game played by two people with 16 pieces for each player on a square board made of 64 smaller squares with 8 squares on each side called a chess board.

   Are you up for a game of chess?

   Chess needs a lot of strategy.