Noun: chess ches
- A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
"The chess game lasted for hours before ending in a stalemate";
- chess game
- Annual plant native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed, especially in wheat
"Chess grass competed with the wheat crop";
- cheat, Bromus secalinus
Derived forms: chesses
Type of: board game, brome, bromegrass
Encyclopedia: Chess, Mary