chess player
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2.6
- noun
- /tʃɛs ˈpleɪər/
:
ajedrecista
- A chess player must think several moves ahead to outsmart their opponent.
- the best chess players
- an expert chess player
When they first came out, they were good chess players, but not great chess players.
- When they first came out, they were good chess players, but not great chess players.
- But if you love chess, go be a chess player.
- I couldn't separate, you know, I wasn't a great chess player.
- And it's true apparently, that you weren't the world's greatest chess player, but you changed the world with chess.
- Paul was an excellent chess player and he actually beat Lyle after a long game.
- He was a brilliant horseman and patron of the arts, and a keen chess player.
- I'm a terrible chess player and I'm not good at looking forward a lot of moves.
- And yeah, I mean, while AI can now be a chess master, chess players working with AI are even more skillful.
- They like an old chess player doesn't know that it is an AI.
- Geopolitics is like a chess game but with multiple chess players playing the same game.
- He looked at Olympic swimmers, world class tennis players, scientists, musicians, chess players.
Examples
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She's a very good chess player, isn't she?
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Aleksandr is a very famous chess player.
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Many chess players would rather have a good game than win.
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As a result, it's not well known that the best chess player on the planet today is not a computer.
Academic text (2012) -
The average chess player will win half the time and lose half the time.
Blog text (8) -
Yet the best chess players today are not computers.
Academic text (2012) -
Every good chess player knows his opponent's moves before he makes them.
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Equally, a chess player is committed to the rules of chess; she cannot change them at will.
Academic text (2018) -
It's very kind of you to tell me, Alex... but I'm a pretty good chess player myself.
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Paul was an excellent chess player and he actually beat Lyle after a long game.
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'chess' (the game) modifying 'player' (someone who plays), indicating a person who plays chess. This noun–noun modifier pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Chess player comes from the simple picture of a person moving pieces on a chessboard: chess means the game and player means a person who plays. So, it means 'a person who plays chess', either for fun or as a job.