chess game
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- noun
- /tʃɛs ɡeɪm/
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- I'll never forget the Fridays I spent in the park losing chess games to Mr. Severn.
You can't actually check all the possible alternative pathways for playing a chess game.
- You can't actually check all the possible alternative pathways for playing a chess game.
- So making breakfast in a really good day, get a chess game in with with one of the boys before school, get the kids off to school.
- You're engaged in an absorbing chess game, and you have a feel for the location of the pieces on the board.
- That's what makes this all a chess game and that is this.
- Geopolitics is like a chess game but with multiple chess players playing the same game.
- Once they see that, oh, they, they know that you're not playing checkers in a chess game, you're playing chess.
Examples
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I wonder how the chess game is going, I say.
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We never even finished the chess game.
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But chess games generally go longer than nine turns, right?
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Now go home and practice your chess game.
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I enjoy these little chess games with you.
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You can go years without a good chess game.
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Our little chess game is over.
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Our little chess game continues.
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I lost the chess game but at least Ned tied.
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I lost the chess game but at least Ned tied.
Synonyms
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1.3
A board game for two players where they move pieces to trap the opponent's king
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A game where players move pieces on a board by following rules
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A formal game between two chess players, often in a competition
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Morphology
The phrase 'chess game' is directly and transparently derived from 'chess' (a specific strategy board game) plus 'game' (a recreational contest), so its meaning 'a game of chess' is immediately predictable. This noun+noun composition is a common and straightforward pattern across languages, making it accessible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The term chess game comes from the very old board game chess, where two players move different pieces to trap the other player's king. The word 'checkmate' meant 'the king is helpless', so a chess game is about planning moves to outsmart and capture the king.