chess board
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1.8
- noun
- /tʃɛs bɔrd/
:
tablero de ajedrez
- He learned to play chess by practicing on his father's old chess board.
So the yes, I, I, I always had an opponent across the chess board opposite me.
- So the yes, I, I, I always had an opponent across the chess board opposite me.
- Really, it's, it's the difference between knowing how the night moves on a chess board and being a grandmaster chess player, right?
- I remember the only dream from my childhood is me on this huge chess board with these giant stadium bleachers all around it in his big high walls like a hockey.
- There's this this scene where there's a chess board and Zeus and somebody else are playing it and they're moving the the monsters and the heroes around on the chess board.
- So what does the rooks on a chess board problem ask you?
- They're able to create art and art on a chess board and art otherwise.
- The reason why chess is not a good metaphor for negotiations is because the pieces on a chess board are not all connected by springs.
Examples
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Jeremy pulls out a printout of a chess board with pieces in different positions.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's all about the chess board.
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Alex focuses on the chess board.
Fiction book (2000) -
A pawn on a chess board.
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64-- 64 squares on a chess board.
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When grandmasters look at a chess board, they don't just see pieces, they don't just see the layout of the board.
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During the tournament, competitors must carefully plan their strategies on the chess board.
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The chess board is set up with alternating black and white squares for the match.
Synonyms
17
1.3
A square board with 64 light and dark squares used to play chess
2
2.5
A board divided into 64 squares of two colors for playing chess or checkers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a board used for playing chess' is directly derivable from combining 'chess' (the game) with 'board' (a flat playing surface); a learner who knows both constituents can infer the concept. This is a straightforward modifier+head compound common across languages and follows regular compositional patterns, so it is immediately comprehensible at B1.
Etymology
Chess board comes from the words chess and board and is the square board used for 'playing chess'. It has 64 light and dark squares that show where the pieces can move, so the name simply means the board for the game.