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ORIGIN OF CHESS First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English ches “tier, layer,” possibly alteration of Middle French chasse “frame” HOW TO USE CHESS IN A SENTENCE Other hobbies include reading, playing chess, working out, and pretending I can cook. You have to play that chess match with the defensive coordinator and the defensive players out there on the field on how they want to defend you A virtual robot arm has learned to solve a wide range of different puzzles—stacking blocks, setting the table, arranging chess pieces—without having to be retrained for each task. THESE VIRTUAL ROBOT ARMS GET SMARTER BY TRAINING EACH OTHER|WILL HEAVEN|JANUARY 22, 2021|MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW If he had only played that one game, he would be famous in chess. LUBOMIR KAVALEK, INTERNATIONAL CHESS GRANDMASTER, DIES AT 77|EMILY LANGER|JANUARY 20, 2021|WASHINGTON POST SEE MORE EXAMPLES  BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR CHESS (1 OF 3) chess1 / (tʃɛs) / noun a game of skill for two players using a chessboard on which chessmen are moved. Initially each player has one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, which have different types of moves according to kind. The object is to checkmate the opponent's king WORD ORIGIN FOR CHESS C13: from Old French esches, plural of eschec check (at chess); see check BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR CHESS (2 OF 3) chess2 / (tʃɛs) / noun US a less common name for rye-brome WORD ORIGIN FOR CHESS C18: of unknown origin BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR CHESS (3 OF 3) chess3 / (tʃɛs) / noun plural chess or chesses a floorboard of the deck of a pontoon bridge WORD ORIGIN FOR CHESS C15 (in the sense: layer, tier): from Old French chasse frame, from Latin capsa box