chess

Betekenis (Engels)

A 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.

Sinonieme

check

chess set

cheat

chess game

Bromus secalinus

setback

backgammons

bromegrass

brome grass

chess brome

board game

rye brome

brome

etc.

gamble

reversal

chesspieces

Vertalings

scacchi

Schach

échecs

ajedrez

escacs

σκάκι

xadrez

satranç

شطرنج

schaakspel

schaak

schaken

Schachspiel

escacs

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɛs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: ches

Verwante met Duits: Schach

Verwante met Italiaans: scacchi

Verwante met Frans: échecs

Verwante met Katalaans: escacs

Verwante met Nederlands: schaak

Verwante met Frans: châssis

In summary

From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/).
Compare German Schach and Italian scacchi. Compare French échecs (“chess”) and its descendants: Catalan escacs and Dutch schaak. More at check and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”).

Sinne

He played mainly in domestic chess tournaments and Finnish Chess Championships .