chesslike
adjEtymology From chess + -like.
1
Characteristic of or resembling chess.
2
Figuratively Requiring careful forethought and planning; complex.
- Since games are locked in from two to four years in advance, there's a definite chess-match aspect to the scheduling. Pollsters study these chesslike moves, to give weight to a school's football program.2007, Don Wallace, One Great Game:
- Still, most Newporters were mesmerized by the boats and their chesslike maneuvers. Smooth sailing was rarely a part of any America's Cup race. The boats spent most of their time locked in a complex dance that involved constant blocking […]2009, Deborah Davis, Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort, page 202: