Definitions for: Chess

[n] a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
[n] weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

Webster (1913) Definition: Chess, n. [OE. ches, F. ['e]checs, prop. pl. of ['e]chec
check. See 1st Check.]
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.

Chess, n. (Bot.)
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. [U.
S.]

Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright chess,
soft chess, etc.

Synonyms: Bromus secalinus, cheat, chess game

See Also: board game, brome, bromegrass, checkerboard, chess move, shogi

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