English > chess: 2 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king. |
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| Synonym | chess game |
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| Category of | bishop | (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color |
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| black | (board games) the darker pieces |
| castle, rook | (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard |
| castle | Move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king |
| check | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king |
| check | place into check |
| checkmate, mate | place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game / game / game |
| counterattack, counterplay | (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board |
| develop | Move into a strategically more advantageous position |
| develop | Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions |
| development | A state in which things are improving |
| en passant | (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed |
| exchange | (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value |
| exchange | (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop |
| fork | place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces |
| king | (chess) the weakest but the most important piece |
| knight, horse | A chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse |
| open | make the opening move |
| opening, chess opening | A recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game / game / game of chess |
| pawn | (chess) the least powerful piece |
| pin | immobilize a piece |
| promote | change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent |
| queen | (chess) the most powerful piece |
| queen | Become a queen |
| stalemate | subject / subject to a stalemate / stalemate |
| white | (board games) the lighter pieces |
| Parts | checkerboard, checker board | A board having 64 squares of two alternating colors |
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| chess move | The act of moving a chess piece |
| Narrower | shogi | A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares |
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| Broader | board game | A game played on a specially designed board |
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| Spanish | ajedrez |
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| Catalan | escac, escacs |
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