Meanings
nounchess player (plural chess players)
plural chess players · alternative chess-player · alternative chessplayer
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic لاعب شطرنج
- لاعب شطرنج (lā‘ib shaṭaranj)a person who plays chess
Basque xakelari
- xakelaria person who plays chess
Bengali দাবাড়ু
- দাবাড়ু (dabaṛu)a person who plays chess
Bulgarian шахмати́ст, шахмати́стка
- шахмати́ст (šahmatíst)a person who plays chess
- шахмати́стка (šahmatístka)a person who plays chess
Catalan escaquista
- escaquistaa person who plays chess
Chinese Mandarin 棋手, 棋士
- 棋手 (qíshǒu)a person who plays chess
- 棋士 (qíshì)a person who plays chess
Czech šachista, šachistka
- šachistaa person who plays chess
- šachistkaa person who plays chess
Danish skakspiller
- skakspillera person who plays chess
Dutch schaker, schaakster
- schakera person who plays chess
- schaakstera person who plays chess
- schaakspelera person who plays chess
Esperanto ŝakisto, ŝakistino
- ŝakistoa person who plays chess
- ŝakistinoa person who plays chess
Estonian malemängija, maletaja
- malemängijaa person who plays chess
- maletajaa person who plays chess
Finnish šakinpelaaja
- šakinpelaajaa person who plays chess
French joueur d’échecs, joueuse d’échecs
- joueur d’échecsa person who plays chess
- joueuse d’échecsa person who plays chess
German Schachspieler, Schachspielerin
- Schachspielera person who plays chess
- Schachspielerina person who plays chess
Greek σκακιστής, σκακίστρια
- σκακιστής (skakistís)a person who plays chess
- σκακίστρια (skakístria)a person who plays chess
Hindi शतरंज खिलाड़ी
- शतरंज खिलाड़ी (śatrañj khilāṛī)a person who plays chess
Hungarian sakkozó, sakkjátékos
- sakkozóa person who plays chess
- sakkjátékosa person who plays chess
Icelandic skákmaður
- skákmaðura person who plays chess
Irish ficheallaí, imreoir fichille
- ficheallaía person who plays chess
- imreoir fichillea person who plays chess
Italian scacchista
- scacchistaa person who plays chess
Japanese チェス選手
- チェス選手 (chesu senshu)a person who plays chess
Korean 체스 선수
- 체스 선수 (cheseu seonsu)a person who plays chess
Latvian šahmatists, šahmatiste
- šahmatistsa person who plays chess
- šahmatistea person who plays chess
Lithuanian šachmãtininkas, šachmãtininkė
- šachmãtininkasa person who plays chess
- šachmãtininkėa person who plays chess
Persian شَطرَنجباز
- شَطرَنجباز (šatranj-bâz)a person who plays chess
Polish szachista, szachistka
- szachistaa person who plays chess
- szachistkaa person who plays chess
Portuguese enxadrista, xadrezista
- enxadristaa person who plays chess
- xadrezistaa person who plays chess
Romanian jucător de șah, jucătoare de șah
- jucător de șaha person who plays chess
- jucătoare de șaha person who plays chess
- șahista person who plays chess
- șahistăa person who plays chess
Russian шахмати́ст, шахмати́стка
- шахмати́ст (šaxmatíst)a person who plays chess
- шахмати́стка (šaxmatístka)a person who plays chess
Slovak šachista, šachistka
- šachistaa person who plays chess
- šachistkaa person who plays chess
Spanish ajedrecista
- ajedrecistaa person who plays chess
Swedish schackspelare
- schackspelarea person who plays chess
Turkish satranççı
- satranççıa person who plays chess
Ukrainian шахі́ст, шахі́стка
- шахі́ст (šaxíst)a person who plays chess
- шахі́стка (šaxístka)a person who plays chess
Cite this entry
APA
chess player. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chess%20player
MLA
“chess player.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chess%20player. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chess player,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chess%20player.
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