chess

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Schach

Schachspiel

-n

Schachpartie

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/t͡ʃɛs/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).

Sätze

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

Er spielte hauptsächlich in heimischen Schachturnieren und finnischen Schachmeisterschaften.