Definitions
A two-player board game in which each side tries to checkmate the other king.
Word origin
From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/).
Used in a sentence
“At the tender age of 20, Penguingm1 is already one of the best hyperbullet and ultrabullet chess players in the world.”
“FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view.”
“Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the dry chess grass, they were guarded by a pair of dismounted soldiers in long, dusty coats [...].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Board game with kings”5 letters
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