Chess can be categorized as a noun.
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| chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king | ||
| chess - weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat |
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| 1. | noun | It is trying to play ice hockey by sending a ballerina ice-skater into the ring or to knock out a heavyweight boxer by a chess player. | |
| 2. | noun | That same year (1560) a Spanish priest named RUY LOPEZ handily beat all comers at a chess tournament in Rome. | |
| 3. | noun | Lopez's 1561 book "Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del Juego del Acedraz" became THE classic on Chess openings, including the one that bears his name. | |
| 4. | noun | Chess history 1530-1647. | |
| 5. | noun | Atahualpa, inca emperor of peru, imprisoned & learns chess. | |
| 6. | noun | Valdiviesco, Don Antonio de, Bishop of Nicaragua, assassinated while playing chess in his palace at Leon. | |
| 7. | noun | Ivan IV of Russia bans chess. | |
| 8. | noun | Ruy Lopez writes his book on chess. | |
| 9. | noun | St Teresa, a Spanish reformer, includes chess in her writings. | |
| 10. | noun | Author of Italian chess book. | |
| 11. | noun | After the Plague of Cremona, all games except chess were banned. | |
| 12. | noun | Boi taken prisoner, but wins his freedom playing chess. | |
| 13. | noun | Catherine de Medici of France is a keen chess player. | |
| 14. | noun | Ivan the Terrible dies while starting a game of chess. | |
| 15. | noun | <<"I have told you, friend," said the curate, "that this is done to divert our idle thoughts; and as in well-ordered states games of CHESS, fives, and billiards are allowed for the diversion of those who do not care, or are not obliged, or are unable to work, so books of this kind are allowed to be printed, on the supposition that, what indeed is the truth, there can be nobody so ignorant as to take any of them for true stories;>> |
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| It is trying to play ice hockey by sending a ballerina ice-skater into the ring or to knock out a heavyweight boxer by a chess player. |
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| That same year (1560) a Spanish priest named RUY LOPEZ handily beat all comers at a chess tournament in Rome. |
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| Lopez's 1561 book "Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del Juego del Acedraz" became THE classic on Chess openings, including the one that bears his name. |
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| Chess history 1530-1647. |
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| Atahualpa, inca emperor of peru, imprisoned & learns chess. |
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| Valdiviesco, Don Antonio de, Bishop of Nicaragua, assassinated while playing chess in his palace at Leon. |
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| Ivan IV of Russia bans chess. |
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| Ruy Lopez writes his book on chess. |
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| St Teresa, a Spanish reformer, includes chess in her writings. |
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| Author of Italian chess book. |
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| After the Plague of Cremona, all games except chess were banned. |
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| Boi taken prisoner, but wins his freedom playing chess. |
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| Catherine de Medici of France is a keen chess player. |
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| Ivan the Terrible dies while starting a game of chess. |
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| <<"I have told you, friend," said the curate, "that this is done to divert our idle thoughts; and as in well-ordered states games of CHESS, fives, and billiards are allowed for the diversion of those who do not care, or are not obliged, or are unable to work, so books of this kind are allowed to be printed, on the supposition that, what indeed is the truth, there can be nobody so ignorant as to take any of them for true stories;>> |
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