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   Chess
   Chess is a game of skill played on a chequered board.
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   chess
   [n] - weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat 2. [n] - a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules
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   chess
   (games) A two-player game with perfect information. Usenet newsgroup: news:rec.games.chess. See also Internet Chess Server. (1995-03-25)
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   Chess
   Chess noun [ Middle English ches , French échecs , prop. plural of échec 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.
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   Chess
   Chess noun (Botany) 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.] ...
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   chess
   chess game noun 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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   chess
   cheat 2 Bromus secalinus noun weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
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   Chess
   `Chess` is a recreational and competitive game played between two players. Sometimes called `Western Chess` or `International Chess` to distinguish it from its predecessors and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older games of Indian and Persian origin. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of...
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   Chess
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously rega...
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    chess
    (from the article `bromegrass`) ...(B. inermis), a perennial native to Eurasia and introduced into the northern United States as a forage plant and soil binder, are the economically ...
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    chess
    one of the oldest and most popular board games, played by two opponents on a checkered board with specially designed pieces of contrasting colours, ... [35 related articles]
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    Chess
    Chess is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Camp of the soldiers.` The name Chess doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Chess seems to be unique!
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    chess
    A game of strategy for two players that probably originated in India, though the earliest documentary references are in Chinese and Persian texts in about A.D. 600. Each player has 16 pieces, either black or white, consisting of eight pawns, two rooks (also known as castles), two knights, two bishop...
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    chess
    chess, game for two players played on a square board composed of 64 square spaces, alternately dark and light in color.Sections in this article:IntroductionBasic RulesHistoryBibliography
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