| NOUN | act | chess move | the act of moving a chess piece |
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| Meaning | The act of moving a chess piece. | |
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| Part of | chess, chess game | A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules |
| Narrower | capture | The removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board |
| castle, castling | Interchanging the positions of the king and a rook | |
| check | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king | |
| checkmate, mate | A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | |
| gambit | A chess move early in the game / game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position | |
| Broader | move | (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game |
| Spanish | movida, movimiento | |
| Catalan | moviment, tirada | |
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