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.

(now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

(military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

plural of chess

Obsolete spelling of chess

A surname. / A river in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, England, which joins the Colne at Rickmansworth.

(chess) Play that relies on hoping one's opponent blunders or does not find a tactic.

A board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Manchuria.

plural of chess cake

(Southern US, Midland US) A tart made with eggs, sugar, and butter.