chess match
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- noun
- /tʃɛs mætʃ/
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partido de ajedrez
- While watching the chess match on television, I learned new tactics from the expert commentators.
Well, you had this, this, this, this winner takes all approach to a, to a chess match between then Soviet Union and the United States.
- Well, you had this, this, this, this winner takes all approach to a, to a chess match between then Soviet Union and the United States.
Examples
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Our dads have been playing this chess match off and on since 1972.
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And the chess match continues.
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Remember it's a chess match for Charlie.
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It's going to be a chess match.
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This will be a chess match, and in the end, I think UGA will emerge as the winner of this game.
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This was a chess match, and Reagan was masterful at setting the tempo.
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Vitaly Neimer (left) faces off with an opponent during a chess match.
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The grandmaster prepared for the championship chess match by studying his opponent's previous games.
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After several hours of intense strategy, the chess match ended with a stunning checkmate.
Synonyms
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1.0
One part of a match in sports, played to win points
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A game in which two teams or players compete
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2.0
A board game for two players who move pieces to trap the other player's king so it cannot move
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a contest of chess played between opponents' is directly derived from combining 'chess' (the game) with 'match' (a contest). This compositional interpretation follows standard noun + noun phrase patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The name chess match comes from bringing two players together to compete: chess is the board game and match means a paired contest. So imagine two opponents at one board trying to win move by move, and you can remember that a chess match is a formal 'game' between two players.