chess game

Noun
  1. A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules;
    The object is to checkmate the opponent's king (synset 100504248)
    associated with:
    • en passant - (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed
    • exchange - (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
    • exchange - (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
    • check - (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
    • chess opening, opening - a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
    • counterattack, counterplay - (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
    • bishop - (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
    • black - (board games) the darker pieces
    • castle, rook - (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
    • king - (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
    • horse, knight - a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
    • pawn - (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
    • queen - (chess) the most powerful piece
    • white - (board games) the lighter pieces
    • development - a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
    • develop - move into a strategically more advantageous position
    • develop - move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
    • stalemate - subject to a stalemate
    • castle - move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
    • open - make the opening move
    • promote - change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
    • checkmate, mate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
    • check - place into check
    • fork - place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
    • pin - (chess) immobilize a piece
    • queen - become a queen
    is a type of: board game - a game played on a specially designed board
    subtypes: shogi - a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces
    has:
    same as: chess

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