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# chess

noun (chess)

«chess» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Chess is a board game for two players with pieces like kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks and pawns on a board of 64 squares. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#m1)
2. The aim is to trap the other player's king, which is called checkmate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school maths: a game — games played, players, a chess club, the chessboard has 64 squares (8 rows of 8), a tournament where each plays each other once (handshake counting); counting squares on a board. In everyday life: chess club, playing chess with Grandad, chess online. Phrases: «play chess», «chess club», «chessboard», «chess piece», «checkmate».

### Examples

- The chessboard has 64 squares. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#x1)
- 6 children play chess, each plays each other once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#x2)
- The chess club has 12 members. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#x3)
- She won 5 chess games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#x4)
- My grandad taught me to play chess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#x5)
- A knight in chess moves in an L shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#x6)
- Each player starts with 16 chess pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#x7)
- It's checkmate, I win! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#x8)
- One day Mongan and Duv Laca were playing chess in their palace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable: «play chess», «a game of chess», not «a chess». Maths: a game of the story; in tournaments each pair plays once (handshake counting: 6 players play 15 games). Trap: counting each game twice.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chess» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chess» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chess.html) on Mova free.