chess
/t͡ʃɛs/ noun A2- A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
Plural chesses
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He looked up at last with the expression of one who has seen his adversary make a dangerous move at chess, and has decided how to meet it.
Holmes looked at him thoughtfully, like a master chess-player who meditates his crowning move.
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