Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "chess" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Dbpedia Genre

board game

Defined As

game of kings master of all games

Derived Terms

3-D chess 3D chess 4D chess 5D chess Absolute Rettah chess Advancing chess Alice chess Ambi-chess Armageddon chess Black and White chess Blot-straight chess Burmese chess Capablanca chess Capablanca's chess Capricorn chess Cheshire Cat chess Chess960 Chimaera chess Chinese chess Co-regal chess Complete Contramatic chess Contramatic chess Courier chess Dabbabante chess Decimal Oriental chess Decimal Rettah chess Demigorgon chess Dodo chess Double Rettah chess Dunce's chess Ethiopian chess Fischer random chess Gorgon chess Gorgona chess Gryphon chess Idle Kings' chess Imitante Queen chess Jabberwocky chess Japanese chess Korean chess Looking-glass chess Los Alamos chess Mad Threeparty chess Manchu chess March Hare chess Meddlers' chess Megasaur chess Mimotaur chess Mock chess Mongolian chess Nightrider chess Rangers chess Rettah chess Russian chess Semi-queen chess Simpleton chess Sphinx chess Synchronistic chess Timur's cubic chess Tri-D Chess Tri-Dimensional Chess Tweedle chess Unirexal chess Vulcan chess Western chess Wyvern chess antichess atomic chess blindfold chess blitz chess bughouse chess bullet chess capture chess chess boxer chess boxing chess cake chess clock chess engine chess master chess pie chess piece chess player chess set chess tart chess timer chess-apple chess-like chess-man chess-piece chess-playing chess-rating chessboard chessboxer chessboxing chessdom chessic chessist chesslike chessman chessmaster chesspiece chessplayer classical chess complicacious chess computer chess correspondence chess cubic chess double-king chess fairy chess fast chess four-dimensional chess four-handed chess four-man chess four-player chess four-way chess giveaway chess half-queen's chess hexagonal chess holochess hope chess hyperbullet chess hyperchess international chess killer chess kinglet chess lightning chess losing chess mad queen chess minichess nonchess rapid chess robot chess solving chess speed chess suicide chess take-all chess three-dimensional chess three-handed chess three-man chess three-player chess three-way chess twin orthodox chess ultrabullet chess

Etymologically Related To

check

Has Part

extremely precise rules two sides black and white

Context

military us

Has Property

fun

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

board game brome bromegrass game

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

blitz chess speed chess

Type Of (IsA)

analytical game board game boardgame brome complex game of deception complex game of strategy complicated game example of board game exciting game game game for two people game of no chance game of skill game of strategy game of two players great game intellectual game musical polular board game popular board game stylized war two player game

Parts (Meronyms)

chess move chess piece chessboard development endgame opening

Receives Action

game for thinkers

Related Terms

checkers draughts scacchic

Related Terms

board game bridge bromus checkers checkmate chess clock chess piece chess pieces chess set chessboard chesslike chessman computer chess dowel draughts flooring genus grass japanese chess military plank platform players scacchic weed

Used For

nerds

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.