chess master
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- noun
- /tʃɛs ˈmæstər/
:
maestro de ajedrez
- Now she would hardly want to waste her time on an old chess master.
You're not going to beat a chess master ever through luck.
- You're not going to beat a chess master ever through luck.
- Almost every chess master now studies computer games for inspiration like that.
- And yeah, I mean, while AI can now be a chess master, chess players working with AI are even more skillful.
- But if you put them up against a genuine chess master, they've never found anybody who without the proper training, could go all the way.
- For example, Deep Blue, that is the best was at a time the best chess master certainly beating human players.
- And expertise can be say a chess master who's really mastered something or an artist or a musician of some sort.
Examples
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You're not going to beat a chess master ever through luck.
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Almost every chess master now studies computer games for inspiration like that.
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Show a chess board to a chess master and ask them to memorize it.
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Most of the current chess masters maintain the database of the games of their potential rivals, studying their style habits and developing a counterstrategy.
Blog text (6) -
A boy from Santa Clara, Calif., has become the youngest chess master in United States history, and there seem to be fewer concerns about his achievement than the previous record holder.
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In 1997, Garry Kasparov, humanity's most brilliant chess master, lost to Deep Blue, a $10 million specialized supercomputer programmed by a team from IBM.
Academic text (2012) -
At the age of 12, Blake became a recognized chess master after winning a prestigious tournament.
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You must develop advanced strategies if you want to defeat a chess master in a match.
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Many aspiring players attend workshops to learn from a qualified chess master and improve their skills.
Synonyms
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4.2
A person who is very skilled in an activity or art
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A person who has the highest title in chess, bridge, or some martial arts
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A chess player who has the top title from the world chess group FIDE
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who is an expert at chess' is directly and compositionally derived from 'chess' (the game) + 'master' (an expert), so the overall meaning is predictable from the parts. This type of noun + noun combination is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'maestro de ajedrez') and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Chess master comes from the old word master, which means a very skilled person or teacher. Imagine a skilled worker who shows students how to do a job; a chess master is someone who knows the game so well they can beat or teach others, so the phrase means 'an expert player'.