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| chess [ chess ] |
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board game: a game played on a checkered board by two players, each with 16 pieces, whose object is to capture checkmate the opponent's king. Each player begins with a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two rooks or castles, and eight pawns.
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| [12th century. Shortening of Old French esches, plural of eschec (see check)] |
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