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chess Definition


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chess
noun
    1. A game of skill played on a chequered board by two people, each with 16 playing-pieces, the object of which is to trap the opponent's king.
Etymology: 13c: from French esches, plural of eschec meaning ‘check' in chess, from Persian shah king.



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