| NOUN | act | chess game, chess | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules |
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| 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 | |
| Category of | bishop | (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color |
| 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 |
| chess move | The act of moving a chess piece | |
| Narrower | shogi | A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares |
| Broader | board game | A game played on a specially designed board |
| Spanish | ajedrez | |
| Catalan | escac, escacs | |
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