chess

Significado (English)

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.

Synonyms

check

chess set

cheat

chess game

Bromus secalinus

setback

backgammons

bromegrass

brome grass

chess brome

board game

rye brome

brome

etc.

gamble

reversal

chesspieces

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/t͡ʃɛs/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: ches

Cognate with alemão: Schach

Cognate with italiano: scacchi

Cognate with francês: échecs

Cognate with catalão: escacs

Cognate with holandês: schaak

Cognate with francês: 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”).

Frases

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

Ele jogou principalmente em torneios domésticos de xadrez e campeonato finlandês de xadrez.