Words tagged under "Chess"

pin, (in chess) state of a piece which cannot be moved because it is covering the king

checkmate

adopt a defensive strategy

the pawn at chess

(of a bird) perch

shut, lock up, arrest, close, confine, choke

chequered cloth, chequered

to form a square space of coloured meal in which at marriages the bride and bridegroom are seated on chairs, to fill a square space with sweetmeats on some occasion of rejoicing, to make chequers or squares

a trick in Chess by giving step to the elephant, doing blockade by moving elephant

bishop, a piece in the game of chess

to fire, extracting fire from tongs

(secret) to be revealed or exposed, be solved (of a problem or mystery)

tillage, cultivation

bat or flutter (eyelids), wink, brag, boast, capture a piece, conquer, subjugate, defeat, dart or hurl (missile, etc.), cut, reduce, destroy, break, mar, hide, conceal, kill, slay, shoot, slaughter, take life, make away with, steal, pinch, misappropriate, usurp, master, subdue, tame (affection, appetite, lust, etc.), oxidize or calcine a metal, perform a sexual act, punish, scold, strike, hit, beat, crack, bang, drub, manhandle, throw down on the back, tolerate

the front, van, vanguard

elephant

beat, thrash, punish

an unpleasant chore or matter

set up, establish, institute, create, erect

(in chess) check-mate

help, assistance, support

checkmate

(in chess), check to the king by a castle or rook, a divergent check on the part of the knight (or any inferior piece), at once attacking the king and the castle

lessen, take down, take Off, Unload, exorcise, remove the effects of evil spirit or evil eye or sorcery, land (an aircraft), lower, bring down, make someone alight or dismount, force to abdicate, make recompense, pay back, redeem or discharge (a loan), remove (something suspended), remove (shoes, etc.), cast off clothes, send (as a prophet), reveal, remove (something suspended), remove (shoes, etc.), cast off clothes

get down, decrease, descend

narrow, narrow-hearted man