chess

plural chesses

1. uncountableusuallyA board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

   FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view.

   2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2025, page 2

   1 more example

   At the tender age of 20, Penguingm1 is already one of the best hyperbullet and ultrabullet chess players in the world.

   2020 October 1, Aaron Alford, “Cloud9 signs grandmaster chess player Penguingm1”, in Dot Esports, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2021

   Synonyms: international chess, Western chess

plural chesses

1. USAny of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

   Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the dry chess grass, they were guarded by a pair of dismounted soldiers in long, dusty coats [...].

   2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 59

plural chesses

1. in pluralgovernmentOne of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

   ach chess consists of three planks.

   1885, Edward S. Farrow, Farrow's Military Encyclopedia; A Dictionary of Military Knowledge

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   the balks are laid and covered with chesses to within 1 foot of the trestle

   1881, Thomas Wilhelm, A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

1. A surname.
2. A river in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, England, which joins the Colne at Rickmansworth.