Word Meaning

Meaning of chess

- pret. of Chese.
- A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns.
- A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus.

Crossword clue for chess

- 8x8 board game
- A board game
- Board game
- Cerebral board game
- Checkmating pastime
- Game of skill
- Game played with pawns and rooks
- Guevara joins ship in game of strategy
- Musical; board game
- west end musical