| chess | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. bromus secalinus, cheat, chess | weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat. |
| ~ brome, bromegrass | any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions. |
| n. (act) | 2. chess, chess game | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king. |
| ~ chess move | the act of moving a chess piece. |
| ~ 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.; "the endgame began after the exchange of queens" |
| ~ exchange | (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop.; "black lost the exchange" |
| ~ check | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king. |
| ~ chess opening, opening | a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess.; "he memorized all the important chess openings" |
| ~ counterplay, counterattack | (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board. |
| ~ board game | a game played on a specially designed board. |
| ~ shogi | a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces. |
| ~ bishop | (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color. |
| ~ black | (board games) the darker pieces. |
| ~ rook, castle | (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard. |
| ~ checker board, checkerboard | a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors. |
| ~ king | (chess) the weakest but the most important piece. |
| ~ knight, horse | a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa). |
| ~ pawn | (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank. |
| ~ queen | (chess) the most powerful piece. |
| ~ white | (board games) the lighter pieces. |
| ~ development | a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess).; "after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"; "in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen" |
| ~ develop | move into a strategically more advantageous position.; "develop the rook" |
| ~ develop | move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.; "Spassky developed quickly" |
| ~ stalemate | subject to a stalemate. |
| ~ castle | move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king. |
| ~ open | make the opening move.; "Kasparov opened with a standard opening" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ checkmate, mate | place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game.; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" |
| ~ check | place into check.; "He checked my kings" |
| ~ fork | place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces. |
| ~ pin | immobilize a piece. |
| ~ queen | become a queen.; "her pawn queened" |
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