chess

/t͡ʃɛs/

Etymology From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/). Compare German Schach and Italian scacchi. Compare French échecs (“chess”) and its descendants: Catalan escacs and Dutch schaak. More at check and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”).

Synonyms

chess

Derived terms

153 terms

0-dimensional chess, zero-dimensional chess, 10D chess, 11D chess, 12D chess, 3-D chess, 3D chess, 4D chess, 5D chess, 6D chess, 7D chess, 8D chess, 9D chess, Absolute Rettah chess, Advancing chess, Alice chess, Ambi-chess, antichess, Armageddon chess, atomic chess, Black and White chess, blindfold chess, blitz chess, Blot-straight chess, bughouse chess, bullet chess, Burmese chess, Capablanca chess, Capablanca's chess, Capricorn chess, capture chess, Cheshire Cat chess, Chess960, chess-apple, chessboard, chess boxer, chessboxer, chess boxing, chessboxing, chess cake, chess clock, chessdom, chess engine, chessic, chessist, chesslike, chess-like, chessman, chess-man, chessmaster, chess master, chess pie, chess-piece, chess piece, chesspiece, chess player, chessplayer, chess-playing, chess-rating, chess set, chess tart, chess timer, Chimaera chess, Chinese chess, classical chess, Complete Contramatic chess, complicacious chess, computer chess, Contramatic chess, Co-regal chess, correspondence chess, Courier chess, cubic chess, Dabbabante chess, Decimal Oriental chess, Decimal Rettah chess, Demigorgon chess, Dodo chess, double-king chess, Double Rettah chess, Dunce's chess, Ethiopian chess, fairy chess, fast chess, Fischer random chess, four-dimensional chess, four-handed chess, four-man chess, four-player chess, four-way chess, giveaway chess, Gorgona chess, Gorgon chess, Gryphon chess, half-queen's chess, hexagonal chess, holochess, hope chess, hyperbullet chess, hyperchess, Idle Kings' chess, Imitante Queen chess, international chess, Jabberwocky chess, Japanese chess, killer chess, kinglet chess, Korean chess, lightning chess, Looking-glass chess, Los Alamos chess, losing chess, mad queen chess, Mad Threeparty chess, Manchu chess, March Hare chess, Meddlers' chess, Megasaur chess, Mimotaur chess, minichess, Mock chess, Mongolian chess, Nightrider chess, nonchess, Rangers chess, rapid chess, Rettah chess, robot chess, Russian chess, Semi-queen chess, Simpleton chess, solving chess, speed chess, Sphinx chess, suicide chess, Synchronistic chess, take-all chess, Thai chess, three-dimensional chess, three-handed chess, three-man chess, three-player chess, three-way chess, Timur's cubic chess, Tri-D Chess, Tri-Dimensional Chess, Tweedle chess, twin orthodox chess, ultrabullet chess, Unirexal chess, Vulcan chess, Western chess, Wyvern chess

Related terms

checkers, draughts, scacchic

Hypernyms

board game, game

Hyponyms

blitz chess, speed chess

Meronyms

chess move, chess piece, chessboard, opening, development, endgame