play chess• In terms of the principles involved, we could be talking here about playing chess or reading a page of text.• But they win not because they can play chess, which they can not, but because they can beathumans.• One of the most popularsites is the game room, where visitors can play chess, checkers and backgammon with others.• It's how I play chess with Victor.• It is like playing chess with a Martian: eerie and weird and very interesting.• He forgave them, and then opened a door so they could see Ferdinand and Miranda playing chess.• I went into the other room, where several writers were playing chess, and I watched them for a while.
Originchess
(1100-1200)Old Frenchesches, plural of escec; → CHECK2
ADJECTIVE | ... OF CHESS | VERB + CHESS | CHESS + NOUNADJECTIVE➤computer電腦國際象棋➤correspondence通訊國際象棋➤junior, scholastic (NAmE) 青少年/中學生國際象棋... OF CHESS➤game一局國際象棋VERB + CHESS➤play下國際象棋CHESS + NOUN➤board(usually chessboard) , piece, set, table國際象棋棋盤;國際象棋棋子;一副國際象棋;棋桌◇the position of the chess pieces on the board國際象棋棋子在棋盤上的佈局➤move棋着;棋步▸➤position棋局▸➤champion, grand master, master, player國際象棋冠軍/特級大師/大師/棋手▸➤championship, game, match, tournament國際象棋錦標賽;國際象棋比賽▸➤club國際象棋俱樂部▸➤computer, program國際象棋計算機/程序▸➤world國際象棋界◇a star of the chess world國際象棋界的明星